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Glossogobius munroi Hoese & Allen, 2012 |
| Family: | Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae | |||
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| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia and Oceania: Southern Papua in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Distinguished by the following characters: mouth moderate; reaching to below anterior margin of eye; operculum with large patch of small mostly cycloid scales (10-20 scales) in 2 or 3 rows; pectoral base covered with small cycloid scales in adult, partly scaled to naked in specimens below 40 mm SL ; first dorsal fin usually with small black spot posteriorly; second dorsal rays usually I,9; pectoral rays 18-22; predorsal scale count 18-24; no extra lateral canal pores above operculum; papilla line 6 absent; papilla lines composed of single row of papillae; body with a series of large spots on midside, each covering 2-3 scales in longitudinal direction on midside and one row above and one row below midside scales (Ref. 90210). | |||
| Biology: | Known from freshwater from about 1 km above tidal influence to 400 km inland (Ref. 90210). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 14 February 2019 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||