Tasmanogobius lordi Scott, 1935
Lord's Tasmangoby
Lord's Tasmangoby,  Lord's goby,  Lord's tasman goby,  Tasmanian goby

Family:  Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobionellinae
Max. size:  4 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater; brackish; marine, amphidromous
Distribution:  Eastern Indian Ocean: Tasmania, Australia.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Inhabit brackish estuaries or freshwater reaches where there are mud bottoms. Sometimes captured in estuarine tide pools where it buries itself in the sand (Ref. 44894). Adults migrate to lower marine estuarine areas to spawn in spring.
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Restricted to the Tasmanian division. Also Ref. 44894, 075154.


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