| Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae |
| 15 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; marine |
| Indo-West Pacific: south to Natal, South Africa; India (Ref. 4833) and Japan (Ref. 559). |
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Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 9-10. Body greenish; fins dark; upper caudal fin base with a large black spot surrounded by yellow (Ref. 2798). |
| Parachaeturichthys spp. Inhabit deep water (Ref. 42915). Rarely enters estuaries (Ref. 4833). Captured by trawls over mud bottom (Ref. 11441). Found to contain tetrodotoxin (TTX) and anhydrotetrodotoxin (anh-TTX) which causes paralytic food poisoning (Ref. 54777). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 25 June 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| poisonous to eat |
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Common in the mouth of the river Hooghly in West Bengal. Reported from the Godavari estuary in Andhra Pradesh (Ref. 4833) and Ennore estuary in Madras (Ref. 34530). Also Ref. 45255, 51036. |
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