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Favonigobius exquisitus Whitley, 1950

Common Names

  • Exquisite goby , English , Australia
  • Exquisite sand-goby , English , Australia
  • Exquisite sandgoby , English , Australia
  • 外蜂巢鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 外蜂巢鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Favonigobius

    Species: Favonigobius exquisitus Whitley, 1950

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Southwest Pacific: New South Wales, Australia.

    • Biology

    Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in coastal bays and sandy estuaries sometimes in seagrass (Ref. 9002).

    Habitat

    brackish

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless