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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Eleotridae (Bully sleepers)
Etymology: Mogurnda: Aboriginal name used in Australia.
Eponymy: Malcolm Smith is the owner of Pacific Helicopters, Ltd. He was honoured for generously donating the use of one of his aircraft, which helped the authors collect this species in Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Oceania: known only from the Koma and Pio Rivers in the mountainous upper Purari River system of Papua New Guinea.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26590)

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 14; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13; Vertebrae: 32 - 33. Soft-dorsal and anal-fin rays usually 13-14; pectoral fin-rays 15; scales in lateral series 40; vertebrae 15+17-18=32-33; snout relatively short and convex; color in life reddish or brown with midlateral series of relatively large, dark brown blotches and a pair of thin dark stripes radiating from rear lower corner of eye across preopercle.

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Allen, G.R. and M. Jebb, 1993. A collection of fishes from the Upper Purari River system, Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of two new species (Terapontidae and Eleotrididae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 4(3):233-240. (Ref. 26590)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 December 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00420 - 0.02379), b=3.08 (2.88 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Mogurnda malsmithi Allen & Jebb, 1993