Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9. Dark bar on caudal peduncle and on caudal base (Ref. 2798).

Common Names

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Mangrove-dikkop , Afrikaans , South Africa

Blue-spotted mud-goby , English , Indonesia

Mangrove goby , English , South Africa

Mangrovetokko , Finnish , Finland

Nisetsumugihaze , Japanese , Japan

弯纹细棘鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

彎紋細棘鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Acentrogobius

Species: Acentrogobius audax Smith, 1959

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Western Indian Ocean: Ibo, Mozambique and Natal, South Africa. Northwest Pacific: Japan.

Biology

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Inhabits shallow estuaries with freshwater run-off or lower reaches of rivers on mud banks. Small groups were observed sitting on the bottom as tides were coming in, quickly diving into the mud when approached (Ref. 48637).

Habitat

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brackish