Pandaka (fish)
| Pandaka | |
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| Pandaka pygmaea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Pandaka Herre, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Pandaka pusilla Herre, 1927 | |
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Pandaka is a genus of fish in the goby family, Gobiidae, native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of Asia and the western Pacific Ocean.[1] Some species in the genus are among the smallest fish in the world;[2] the male P. pygmaea can be just 9 millimeters long at maturity.[3]
The genus name is from the Sanskrit pandaka.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Pandaka bipunctata H. L. Wu, 2008
- Pandaka lidwilli (McCulloch, 1917)
- Pandaka pusilla Herre, 1927 (tiny pygmy-goby)
- Pandaka pygmaea Herre, 1927 (dwarf pygmy goby)
- Pandaka rouxi (M. C. W. Weber, 1911) (Roux's pygmy-goby)
- Pandaka silvana (Barnard, 1943) (dwarfgoby)
- Pandaka trimaculata Akihito & Meguro, 1975
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Pandaka in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ Mukai, T., et al. (2004). Genetic and geographical differentiation of Pandaka gobies in Japan. Ichthyological Research 51(3), 222-27.
- ↑ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Pandaka pygmaea. FishBase. 2011.
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