Croilia mossambica

For the Indo-Pacific burrowing goby, see Trypauchen vagina.
Croilia mossambica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Croilia
J. L. B. Smith, 1955
Species: C. mossambica
Binomial name
Croilia mossambica
J. L. B. Smith, 1955

Croilia mossambica, the burrowing goby or naked goby, is a species of goby native fresh, brackish and marine waters of Mozambique, South Africa and Madagascar. This species can be found on fine-grained sandy substrates in still waters at depths of from 1 to 16 metres (3.3 to 52.5 ft). It can reach a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL. It is currently the only known member of its genus.[2]

References

  1. Cambray, J. & Tweddle, D. 2007. Croilia mossambica. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 August 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Croilia mossambica" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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