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Bathygobius soporator (Valenciennes, 1837)

Frillfin goby
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Mexico country information

Common names: Mapo aguado
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported in the lower reaches of the Temash river and continental waters. Also recorded from Laguna de Términos (Ref. 79080). Collected at the mouth of the Brazos river on the Gulf of Mexico side of the Quintana Beach, Texas jetty, in October 2009. And since then has been thriving on Macrobrachium shrimp and flake food in my aquarium for 6 months (Brian Hanks - bhanks@blinn.edu, pers.comm. 02/10).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Greenfield, D.W. and J.E. Thomerson, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Bathygobius: Greek, bathys = deep + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 16 m (Ref. 5299).   Tropical; 16°C - 36°C (Ref. 97140); 46°N - 34°S, 99°W - 15°E

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