| Family: |
Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae |
| Max. size: |
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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)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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