Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobionellinae |
5 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
demersal; freshwater; brackish; marine, amphidromous |
Western Pacific: Indo-Australian Archipelago, Singapore and Palau. |
Color: light grayish brown to white ventrally; body with about 7 oblique to nearly vertical oval brown blotches or bars along sides; usually with a prominent pale-edged, vertically elongate brown blotch behind head (Ref. 44894). |
Inhabit mangrove estuaries as well as clear rainforest streams near the sea (Ref. 44894). |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2020 Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
Type locality, Port Mackay, QLD, BMNH 1871.9.13.179 (holotype Gobius platystoma) (Ref. 075154). Occurs in northern Australia, between Darwin, Northern Territory and Mackay, Queensland (Ref. 44894). Also Ref. 075154. |
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