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Mogurnda malsmithi Allen & Jebb, 1993 |
| Family: | Eleotridae (Bully sleepers) | |||
| Max. size: | 6.77 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Oceania: known only from the Koma and Pio Rivers in the mountainous upper Purari River system of Papua New Guinea. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-14; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 12-13; Vertebrae: 32-33. Soft-dorsal and anal-fin rays usually 13-14; pectoral fin-rays 15; scales in lateral series 40; vertebrae 15+17-18=32-33; snout relatively short and convex; color in life reddish or brown with midlateral series of relatively large, dark brown blotches and a pair of thin dark stripes radiating from rear lower corner of eye across preopercle. | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 06 December 2019 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||