Chequered mangrove goby

📖 Overview

Facultative air-breathing in the genus ; Mainly recorded from mangroves and estuaries, but also found in coastal freshwater streams .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 6 - 8; Vertebrae: 25 - 27. Diagnosis: A moderate to large Mugilogobius with second dorsal and anal fin with 1 spine and 6-8 rays; pectoral fin rays 14-17; longitudinal scales 26-37; 12-16 circumpeduncular scales; predorsal scales 9-19, mostly small, central anteriormost scale immediately behind eyes always largest, anteriormost one to four scales larger than those posterior to them; scales on body mostly ctenoid; third spine of first dorsal fin most often longest; body brownish with 7-11 darker narrow diagonal bars, chevrons or X-shaped markings along sides, interspaces between chevrons or bars pale, forming chequered or banded pattern, two to three dark spots or short diagonal bars on caudal base .: fusiform / normal.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Chequered mangrove goby is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Chequered mangrove goby is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Chequered mangrove goby is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; amphidromous ; depth range 0 - 5 m . Tropical Indo Pacific: from South Africa and Seychelles up to Japan, Pakistan, to the Indo-Malaysian archipelago, Papua-New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Australia and Santa Cruz Islands (Ref.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

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