| Family: |
Butidae (Gudgeon gobies) |
| Max. size: |
14 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 5 m, amphidromous |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Indian Ocean: India. Western Central Pacific: Japan, Philippines and Indonesia. Reported from Palau (Ref. 6371), New Caledonia (Ref. 11889) and Australia (Ref. 80359). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-8; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 8-8 |
| Biology: |
Usually found in brackish mangrove areas and in creeks and rivers, sometimes well upstream (Ref. 2847, 48637). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 29 June 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
Specimens were collected from Kiga creek and Ambacan River at Baybay, Leyte and from Inuntan, Basey River, Samar in 1993 (Ref. 7223). Also Ref. 2847, 7050. |
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