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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Bathygobius: Greek, bathys = deep + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 48637). Tropical

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Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Samoa and the Hawaiian Islands.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11344)

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. Brown with irregular spots; dorsal and caudal fins with bands in females, dusky in males; often with dark brown saddle below each of the dorsal fins (Ref. 2798); characterized further by having upper five pectoral rays with free tips and sixth ray partly free; three branches on upper four pectoral rays; rounded caudal fin; longitudinal scale series 37-38; predorsal scales 18-20, reaching or nearly reaching interorbital space; cheek and opercle without scales; presence of fleshy double flap from edge of cheek into notch at posterior end of upper lip; ctenoid body scales, becoming cycloid on abdomen, breast, base of pectoral fin and nape; depressed head, width greater than depth; depth of body 4.3-5.5 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Inhabits intertidal seaward reef flats (Ref. 37816, 48637). Also found in shallow reefs near shore (Ref. 90102).

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Benthic spawner.

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Randall, J.E. and M. Goren, 1993. A review of the gobioid fishes of the Maldives. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (58):1-37, 5 pls. (Ref. 9360)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 June 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes, 1837)