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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
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General Information
Pseudogobius javanicus
Animal Group:
Freshwater Fish
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Gobiidae
Description:
Javanese Fatnose Goby has a rounded head and dull-witted snout. Body is pale in colour with brown speckling. There is a thin dark stripe from eye to lower part of opercula and a row of markings on mid-lateral side of body in which the marking composed of 2 black dots. Posterior part of first dorsal fin has a deep blue spot and there are 2 black spots on caudal base.
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Common
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
A widespread species occurring in estuaries and coastal waters of Hong Kong.
Global Distribution
Indo-Pacific region, southward to Great Barrier Reef and north to Japan.
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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
