Oxyurichthys microlepis

Oxyurichthys microlepis, commonly known as 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][4] It occurs in the Mekong Delta and is suspected to use the tidal flow up the river to reach as far inland as Cambodia.[4] 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.[4]

Oxyurichthys microlepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Oxyurichthyes microlepis (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Oxyuricthyes microlepis (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Euctenogobius cristatus F. Day, 1873
  • Gobius cristatus (F. Day, 1873)
  • Gobius longicauda Steindachner, 1893
  • Oxyurichthys longicauda (Steindachner, 1893)
  • 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. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 797. ISBN 978-3642828584.
  3. Maugé, L.A., 1986. Gobiidae. p. 358-388. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2.
  4. "Oxyurichthys microlepis (Bleeker, 1849), Maned goby". Fish Base. Retrieved January 31, 2016.


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