Taenioides cirratus
| Taenioides cirratus (Blyth, 1860) | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Taenioides |
| Species: | T. cirratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Taenioides cirratus (Blyth, 1860) | |
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Taenioides cirratus is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from islands offshore of eastern Africa to New Caledonia and from Japan to Australia. This species can be found in estuaries and coastal waters, preferring ares with mud substrates feeding on small crustaceans as well as other invertebrates. It is capable of surviving in air for a considerable period by sucking air into its bronchial chambers. This species can reach a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL.[2]
They found in freshwater, brackish water, and salt water and the dispersion area is the Mae Klong River (Samut Songkram Province) and Thai Sea Boundary
References
- ↑ Larson, H. 2012. Taenioides cirratus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 September 2013.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Taenioides cirratus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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