Oxuderces dentatus

Oxuderces dentatus, is a species of goby found in the Indo-West Pacific from India, to Viet Nam, to Macao, China, Malaysia and Indonesia.[1] [2][3]

Oxuderces dentatus
Oxuderces dentatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Oxuderces
Species:
O. dentatus
Binomial name
Oxuderces dentatus
Synonyms
  • Apocryptodon wirzi Koumans, 1937

Size

This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[4]

Etymology

The fishes species name meaning toothed, referring to the large canine teeth of upper jaw[5]

References
  1. Jaafar, Z. & Parenti, L.R. (2016): Systematics of the mudskipper genus Oxuderces Eydoux & Souleyet 1848 (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) with resurrection from synonymy of O. nexipinnis (Cantor 1849). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 180 (1): 195-215.
  2. Kailola, P.J., 1991. The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. III. Gobiidae to Molidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea. 153 p.
  3. Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p.
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Oxuderces dentatus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families TRICHONOTIDAE, RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 March 2023.


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