Tank goby

Tank goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Glossogobius
Species: G. giuris
Binomial name
Glossogobius giuris
(F. Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Gobius giuris F. Hamilton, 1822
  • Acentrogobius giuris (F. Hamilton, 1822)
  • Glossogobius giuris giuris (F. Hamilton, 1822)
  • Gobius gutum F. Hamilton, 1822
  • Awaous gutum (F. Hamilton, 1822)
  • Gobius russelli Cuvier, 1829
  • Gobius catebus Valenciennes, 1837
  • Gobius kora Valenciennes, 1837
  • Gobius kurpah Sykes, 1839
  • Gobius phaiospilosoma Bleeker, 1849
  • Gobius sublitus Cantor, 1849
  • Gobius spectabilis Günther, 1861
  • Euctenogobius striatus F. Day, 1868
  • Gobius striatus (F. Day, 1868)
  • Gobius grandidieri Playfair, 1868
  • Glossogobius tenuiformis Fowler, 1934
A 1927 illustration of Glossogobius giuris

Glossogobius giuris, the tank goby, is a species of goby native to fresh, marine and brackish waters from the Red Sea and East Africa through South Asia and the Indian Ocean to China, Australia and the islands of the Pacific Ocean. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

Description

The head is depressed while the body takes on a compressed appearance towards to caudal fin. Normally brown or light brown with various darker brown spots and fleacks along the sides. Ranges in size from 40 to 50cm maximum (16-20 inches).

Habitat

This subtropical species is most often associated with estuarine habitats, although it is also found in marine water and can be found many kilometers inland in freshwater streams.

Reproduction

Lays eggs amongst submerged vegetation, where the eggs are guarded by both the male and the female.

Feeding

A carnivorous fish, it will eat any small fish and invertebrates it comes across.

References

  1. ↑ Larson, H. & Britz, R. 2012. Glossogobius giuris. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Glossogobius giuris" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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