Biology:Stenogobius gymnopomus

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Stenogobius gymnopomus
Stenogobius gymnopomus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Stenogobius
Species:
S. gymnopomus
Binomial name
Stenogobius gymnopomus
(Bleeker, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Gobius gymnopomus Bleeker, 1853
  • Gobius hilgendorfi Pfeffer, 1896 (misspelling)
  • Gobius hilgendorfii Pfeffer, 1896
  • Gobius malabaricus Day, 1865
  • Stenogobius malabaricus (Day, 1865) [2]

The Malabar goby, Stenogobius gymnopomus is a species of goby endemic to the Indo-Pacific regional countries such as India , Somalia, Indonesia, Andaman Islands. where it can be found in marine, brackish and fresh waters. The habitats include coastal waters, estuaries and tidal zone of rivers. This species can reach a length of 15.0 centimetres (5.9 in) SL.[3] It feeds mainly on cladocerans, as well as fish eggs and scales.[4] This species is a batch spawner which has a prolonged spawning season, extending from August to December in Kerala. The female's fecundity was between 46,323 and 61,291 eggs while the sex ratios favours males in local populations.[4]

References

  1. Larson, H. (2019). "Stenogobius gymnopomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T186089A58334879. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T186089A58334879.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/186089/58334879. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Stenogobius gymnopomus (Bleeker, 1853)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219566. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Stenogobius gymnopomus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Lekshmi, S.; Prasad, G.; Kumari, S. D. Rita (2010). "Bionomics of a lesser known goby, Stenogobius gymnopomus (Bleeker, 1853) (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from southern Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (13): 1359. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o2328.1359-64. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2792548 entry G. R. Allen