| Family: |
Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobionellinae |
| Max. size: |
3.3 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: restricted to Sulawesi, Indonesia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 7-9; Vertebrae: 27-28. Live color yellow for male yellowish grey for female (Ref. 43716). Longitudinal scales 37-30; TRB 8-10; predorsal scales 11-19; scales on nape reaching nearly up to eyes or past preopercular edge; vertebrae modally 11+16; below the eye often with about 6 short rows of transverse papillae, transverse rows sometimes developed as part of longitudinal rows c and cp (Ref. 43716). Caudal fin rounded to slightly truncate (Ref. 43716). |
| Biology: |
Hovers above the substrate, in a slightly diagonal position, with caudal fin curved to one side. Inhabits water at least a meter's depth, over silty substrate, near clumps of aquatic plants and the freshwater mangrove Barringtonia racemosa (Ref. 43716). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 14 June 2018 (B1b(iii)+2b(iii)) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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