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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Eleotridae (Bully sleepers) > Eleotrinae
Etymology: Mogurnda: Aboriginal name used in Australia; wapoga: wapoga with reference to the drainage system in which it is found..

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Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 6.6 - 36,751.0; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 58018). Tropical

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Asia: Wapoga drainage, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 36751)

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13; Vertebrae: 32 - 33. Soft dorsal rays 12 (rarely 13); soft anal rays 12 (rarely 13); pectoral rays 14 (rarely 15); scales in lateral series 36 (rarely 35); transverse scales 11 (rarely 10 or 12); predorsal scales 14-17 (usually 16); vertebrae 15 (rarely 16) + 17 = 32 or 33; snout relatively short, rounded; live coloration consisting of blue grey upper back, yellow tan background on head and ventral third of body, and iridescent blue midlaterally with red spotting; three red stripes from lower rear edge of eye across opercle, with upper stripe extending to an iridescent blue spot on upper pectoral fin base; dorsal fins purplish with yellow margins; red spotting on base of dorsal, anal and caudal fins; iridescent blue margin on anal fin (Ref. 36751).

Found in small, swampy pond on the floodplain with clear, still and very shallow water and with bottom composed of soft mud covered with leaf litter (Ref. 36751).

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Allen, G.R., A.P. Jenkins and S.J. Renyaan, 1999. Morgurnda wapoga, a new species of freshwater gudgeon (Eleotridae) from Irian Jaya. Rev. Fr. Aquariol. 26(1-2):63-66. (Ref. 36751)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 December 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Mogurnda wapoga Allen, Jenkins & Renyaan, 1999