Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 16. Characterized by dull brownish to blue grey body color with distinctive dark spots on snout; presence of row of brownish streaks or spots behind eye; pair of brown streaks on gill cover and pectoral fin base; first and second dorsal fin equal in height; lanceolate caudal fin; longitudinal scale series 65-75; fully scaled predorsal region; scales dorsally on opercle, absent on cheek; ctenoid scales on body; cycloid scales on nape, abdomen, and opercle; depth of body 5.0-5.4 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Common Names

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Snout-spot goby , English , Indonesia

Snoutspot goby , English , Micronesia

伊氏鈍鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

伊氏钝鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Amblygobius

Species: Amblygobius esakiae Herre, 1939

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea.

Biology

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Usually paired (Ref. 90102). Inhabits silty sand of shallow protected inner reefs and intertidal flats near mangroves (Ref. 37816). Also occurs on muddy substrates to about 10 meters depth (Ref. 48637).

Habitat

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associated