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Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker, 1849)

Maned goby
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Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: FMNH 100602. Takao, FMNH 52214 (Ref. 28614).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pezold, F., 1998
National Database: The Fish Database of Taiwan

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Oxyurichthys: Greek, oxys = sharpen + Greek, oura = tail + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre demersal; anfidromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad ? - 75 m (Ref. 2798).   Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: Kenya to Transkei, South Africa; eastward to the tropical western Pacific (Ref. 4343). Known from the Mekong delta and may penetrate up the tidal zone as far as Cambodia (Ref. 12693).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.2 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 126015); peso máximo publicado: 14.55 g (Ref. 126015)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12 - 13; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 13. Violet in color; dorsal, anal and caudal fins pink; 2 blue lines on 1st dorsal, blue spots on 2nd dorsal; anal fin with yellow and violet margin; paired fins orange, pectorals with blue spots (Ref. 2798).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Occurs inshore (Ref. 4343) and in estuaries (Ref. 12693). Not seen in markets (Ref. 12693).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Maugé, L.A., 1986. Gobiidae. p. 358-388. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4343)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 March 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses


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