| Family: |
Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae |
| Max. size: |
7.89 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 35 - 84 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific: Japan, Palau (photograph). Eastern Indian Ocean: Myanmar, Andaman Sea (first record). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 9-9. Description: Head and body slender and strongly compressed, its width much less than depth; anus located posteriorly, slightly separated from anal-fin origin; snout short and much shorter than eye diameter, rounded; lateral profile steep, forming an angle of ca. 60° with body axis; eyes large, located dorsolaterally; interorbital region very narrow, the width much narrower than pupil diameter, flattened; anterior and posterior nostrils close to each other; former located just before snout tip, with membranous tube, latter located posterodorsally of anterior nostril, small, circular; mouth terminal, inclined anterodorsally, forming angle of ca. 50° with body axis; lower jaw subequal to upper jaw, its posterior tip reaching vertical through posterior margin of pupil; upper-jaw tip behind vertical through lower-jaw tip; both jaws with irregular rows of small, pointed conical teeth, with the tip of each slightly incurved posteriorly; teeth on outermost row on jaws spaced, distinctly larger than teeth on inner rows; 2 or 3 somewhat large canine-like teeth present on both sides of jaws; no vomerine and palatine teeth; gill membranes attached anteriorly to isthmus; gill opening relatively narrow, anteroventral point extending slightly forward to vertical level of preopercle margin (Ref. 126003). |
| Biology: |
Occurs on coastal sand slopes to a depth of at least 35 m (Ref. 37816). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 27 August 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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