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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Ctenogobius: Greek, kteis, ktenos = comb + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Eigenmann.

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

Freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical; 12°C - 32°C (Ref. 97140); 37°N - 24°N

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North America: North Carolina to southern Florida and Texas in the USA. South America: Venezuela and Brazil (Ref. 26938).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251); common length : 4.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

5 dark squarish blotches along mid-side. No bar below eye; no shoulder spot (Ref. 26938).

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Adults inhabit low-salinity waters of bays and estuaries (Ref. 7251) and often enter fresh water (Ref. 26938). Salinity ranges from 0.0 to 21.3 ppt (Ref. 97140).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 February 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Ctenogobius shufeldti (Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887)