Oxyurichthys microlepis, commonly known as the maned goby, is a species of goby[2] native to tropical marine and brackish waters along the coasts of the Indian Ocean from Africa to the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs in estuaries and inshore waters to depths of about 75 metres (246 ft).[3][4] It occurs in the Mekong Delta and is suspected to use the tidal flow up the river to reach as far inland as Cambodia.[4] This species can reach a length of 13.5 centimetres (5.3 in) TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.[4]
Oxyurichthys microlepis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Oxudercidae |
Genus: | Oxyurichthys |
Species: | O. microlepis
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Binomial name | |
Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker, 1849)
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References
edit- ^ Greenfield, D.; Larson, H.; Munroe, T.A. (2016). "Oxyurichthys microlepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T68332598A68333774. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T68332598A68333774.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 797. ISBN 978-3642828584.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker, 1849), Maned goby". Fish Base. Retrieved January 31, 2016.