| Butidae (Gudgeon gobies) |
| 65 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; freshwater; brackish; pH range: 6.5 - 7.5; dH range: 10 - 15; depth range - 10 m, potamodromous |
| Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins, Malay Peninsula, Indochina, Philippines and Indonesia. Record from Fiji needs confirmation. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 8-8. With 60-65 predorsal scales; without ocellus on caudal peduncle (Ref. 43281). |
| Found in rivers, swamps, reservoirs and canals. Enters flooded forest (Ref. 9497). Feeds on small fishes, shrimps, aquatic insects, mollusks and crabs (Ref. 6459). Considered a delicacy over much of eastern Asia. Exported fishes command a high price (Ref. 12693). Maybe the largest species of the goby-like fishes. |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 24 August 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Known from the Mekon basin. Occurs in the Khone Falls (Ref. 37772). Found in Ban Hang Khone, a village on an island in the middle of the mainstream Mekong River just below the Great Khone Waterfalls in Khong District, Champasak Province (Ref. 37767). Enters flooded forest on Don Khone, just below the great waterfalls (Ref. 9497). Also Ref. 7050, 30857, 56905. |
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