2019/09/09
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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
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General Information
Favonigobius reichei
Indo-Pacific tropical sand goby
Animal Group:
Freshwater Fish
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Gobiidae
Other Name(s):
Papillogobius reichei
Description:
Tropical Sand Goby is a medium-sized goby with a pale coloured body. There is a dark bar running through eye, and mid-lateral sides of body have five blotches formed by paired dots and last blotch not branched. The fish shows obvious sexual dimorphism in which males bear transverse yellow lines on flank and the second flexible spines of first dorsal fins elongated into filaments.
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Common
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Status
Least Concern
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
Found in intertidal waters throughout Hong Kong.
Global Distribution
Indo-West Pacific region including northern Australia, Africa, Philippines, China and Japan.
Photo Gallery
No more photo available
References
More on Freshwater Fish in HK
Lee, V. L. F., Lam, S. K. S., Ng, F. K. Y., Chan, T. K. T. and Young, M. L. C. (2004).
Field Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Hong Kong.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong
