Pseudogobius taijiangensis, Taijiang snubnose goby

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Pseudogobius taijiangensis Chen, Huang & Huang, 2014

Taijiang snubnose goby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Pseudogobius: Greek, pseudes = false + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335);  taijiangensis: Name refers to the main distributional range of this species in the brackish water habitats and also mangroves around the 'Taijiang National Park' and nearby region of western Taiwan..

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

Brackish; demersal. Subtropical

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Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan and southern China.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94984)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7. This species can be diagnosed from other congeners by the unique combinations of the following characters: second dorsal fin with 1 spine and 6-8 rays (modally 7), anal fin with 1 spine and 6-7 rays (modally 7), pectoral fin with 14-17 rays (modally 17) and first dorsal fin low, rounded and lacking filaments; lateral body with large ctenoid scales, longitudinal scale rows 26-28 (modally 27), predorsal scales 8-9 (modally 8); body with 3-4 longitudinal stripes throughout the trunk, first dorsal fin membrane with a big circle blue spot on their first dorsal fin membrane (Ref. 94984).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Occurs in brackish water habitat of estuary, mangrove and earthen pond (Ref. 94984).

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Larson, H.K. and M.P. Hammer, 2021. A revision of the gobiid fish genus Pseudogobius (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Tridentigerinae), with description of seven new species from Australia and South-east Asia. Zootaxa 4961(1):1-85. (Ref. 126575)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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