Island gudgeon

Island gudgeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Bostrychus
Species: B. aruensis
Binomial name
Bostrychus aruensis
M. C. W. Weber, 1911
Synonyms
  • Bostrichthys aruensis (M. C. W. Weber, 1911)


Bostrychus aruensis, the Island gudgeon, is a species of sleeper goby endemic to the Aru Islands, Indonesia, where it occurs in both fresh and brackish waters. This species can reach a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Bostrychus aruensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 July 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Bostrychus aruensis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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