Paratrypauchen microcephalus

Paratrypauchen microcephalus
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Paratrypauchen
Murdy, 2008
Species: P. microcephalus
Binomial name
Paratrypauchen microcephalus
(Bleeker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Trypauchen microcephalus Bleeker, 1860
  • Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus (Bleeker, 1860)
  • Taeniodes microcephalus (Bleeker, 1860)
  • Trypauchen raha Popta, 1922
  • Ctenotrypauchen barnardi Hora, 1926

Paratrypauchen microcephalus, the comb goby, is a species of goby native to marine and brackish waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species occurs mostly on muddy substrates near mangrove forests. This species grows to a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) TL. This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Paratrypauchen microcephalus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/5/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.