Oxyurichthys microlepis

Oxyurichthys microlepis, the maned goby, is a species of goby[2] native to tropical marine and brackish waters along the coasts of the Indian Ocean from Africa to the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs in estuaries and inshore waters to depths of about 75 metres (246 ft).[3] It occurs in the Mekong Delta and is suspected to use the tidal flow up the river to reach as far inland as Cambodia.[3] This species can reach a length of 13.5 centimetres (5.3 in) TL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.[3]

Oxyurichthys microlepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Oxyurichthys
Species:
O. microlepis
Binomial name
Oxyurichthys microlepis
(Bleeker, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Gobius microlepis Bleeker, 1849
  • Euctenogobius cristatus F. Day, 1873
  • Gobius cristatus (F. Day, 1873)
  • Gobius nuchalis Barnard, 1927

References
  1. Greenfield, D.; Larson, H. & Munroe, T.A. (2016). "Oxyurichthys microlepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T68332598A68333774. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T68332598A68333774.en.
  2. Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 797. ISBN 978-3642828584.
  3. "Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker, 1849), Maned goby". Fish Base. Retrieved January 31, 2016.


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