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Etymology: Rhinogobius: Greek, rhinos = nose + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335); albimaculatus: Named for the white spots on the cheek of adult male; an adjective.
More on authors: Chen, Kottelat & Miller.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Nam San basin in the Mekong basin of Laos.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 33279)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 28. Distinguished by the combination of characters: 2nd dorsal fin rays modally I/9; body with 5 or 6 lateral blackish-brown blotches; and male with long filamentous rays in 1st dorsal fin and cheek with about 40 small rounded white spots (Ref. 33279). Anal fin with one simple and 7 branched rays (Ref. 43281).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Inhabits headwaters with relatively fast water, in riffles, among large gravel.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chen, I.-S., M. Kottelat and P.J. Miller, 1999. Freshwater gobies of the genus Rhinogobius from the Mekong basin in Thailand and Laos, with descriptions of three new species. Zool. Stud. 38(1):19-32. (Ref. 33279)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(i,ii,iii)+2ab(i,ii,iii)); Date assessed: 11 November 2011
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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