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The violet goby (Gobioides broussonnetii) is a species of goby native to marine, fresh and brackish waters near the Atlantic coast of North and South America from South Carolina in the United States of America, to northern Brazil. It prefers bays, estuaries and river mouths with muddy substrates. [2] It is often marketed as the dragon goby or ...
Taenioides purpurascens, the purple eelgoby, is a species of mud-dwelling bony fish native to Australia. [1] [2] References
Taenioides gracilis (Valenciennes, 1837) (slender eel goby) Taenioides jacksoni J. L. B. Smith, 1943 (bearded eelgoby) Taenioides kentalleni Murdy & J. E. Randall, 2002; Taenioides limicola C. L. Smith, 1964; Taenioides mordax (De Vis, 1883) Taenioides nigrimarginatus Hora, 1924 (blackfin eel goby) Taenioides purpurascens (De Vis, 1884) (purple ...
Amblyopinae is a subfamily of elongated mud-dwelling gobies commonly called eel gobies or worm gobies; it has been regarded as a subfamily of the family Gobiidae, while the 5th edition Fishes of the World classifies it as a subfamily of the family Oxudercidae. [1]
Goby is also used to describe some species which are not classified within the order Gobiiformes, such as the engineer goby or convict blenny Pholidichthys leucotaenia. [2] The word goby derives from the Latin gobius meaning " gudgeon ", [ 3 ] and some species of goby, especially the sleeper gobies in the family Eleotridae and some of the ...
Trypauchen vagina, commonly known as the burrowing goby, is a species of eel goby found in the Indo-Pacific region. It has an elongated body about 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) in length. It has an elongated body about 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) in length.
A mysterious illness, which the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling "disease X," has killed at least 31 people — mostly children — in the remote Panzi region of the ...
Alabes are eel-like, unlike other clingfish [17] Clingfishes are typically small fish, with most species less than 7 cm (2.8 in) in length, [29] and the smallest no more than 1.5 cm (0.6 in). [2] Only a few species can surpass 12 cm (4.7 in) in length and the largest, Chorisochismus dentex and Sicyases sanguineus, both reach up to 30 cm (12 in).