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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Gobiopterus: Latin, gobius = gudgeon + Greek,pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Hamilton.

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

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 23°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060)

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Asia: India, Myanmar, Mekong and Chao Phraya basins, Malay Peninsula and, Sumatra, Indonesia (Ref. 43281). Reported from Bangladesh and Singapore (Ref. 4833).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12693)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Body transparent in life.

Inhabits rivers and estuaries (Ref. 4833). Occurs in slow flowing water and swamps, often in backwaters (Ref. 43281). Found in fresh and brackish water in the lower courses of rivers. Feeds mainly on zooplankton. Not seen in markets (Ref. 12693).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Benthic spawner.

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Rainboth, W.J., 1996. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. (Ref. 12693)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 22 October 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Gobiopterus chuno (Hamilton, 1822)