| Family: |
Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobionellinae |
| Max. size: |
7 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater; brackish |
| Distribution: |
Asia: known only from Singapore and Indonesia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 26-26. Can be differentiated from its congeners by the following combination of characters: absence of head pores but for two preopercular pores; body with large ocellate brown spot at mid-base of caudal fin, brown stripe running from tip of second first dorsal fin spine onto mid-side of body, and brown streak crossing cheek below eye to rictus; body compressed, head less so, with rounded to slightly pointed snout; jaws enlarged in large males; second dorsal rays I,7; anal rays I,8; pectoral rays 15-17, modally 16; longitudinal scales 25-29, modally 27; transverse scales backward 8-10; predorsal scales 11-15, cycloid, anteriormost few entering interorbital space (Ref. 56945). |
| Biology: |
Inhabits brackish streams (Ref. 56945). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 25 August 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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