Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9. Characterized by pale grey body with five diffuse brown saddles along back; midside with 4-5 diffuse brown blotches; head and body with scattered white spots; presence of diagnostic greenish patch behind upper edge of operculum; rounded caudal fin; longitudinal scale series 25-26; scales absent on head except upper half of opercle and predorsal fully scaled; mainly ctenoid body scales; depth of body 5.3 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Common Names

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Nuna baila , Bengali , Bangladesh

Nga-tha-wet-hpo , Burmese , Myanmar

Dog-toothed goby , English , Bangladesh

Dog-toothed goby , English , Global

Spotted green goby , English , Myanmar

Tropical sand goby , English , Malaysia

Tropical sand goby , English , Viet Nam

Tropical sand goby , English , Global

Ploso , Javanese , Indonesia

Puntang , Javanese , Indonesia

Belodok , Malay , Malaysia

Belodok lobang , Malay , Malaysia

Belosoh , Malay , Indonesia

Ubi , Malay , Malaysia

犬牙細棘鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

犬牙细棘鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Bukhao , Thai , Thailand

บู่ขาว , Thai , Thailand

Cá Bống răng chó , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

Cá Bống tro , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Acentrogobius

Species: Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes, 1837)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Indo-West Pacific. Freshwater records from Madagascar by Pellegrin were based on juveniles of unidentified species (Ref. 4343).

Biology

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Occur along coastlines and in estuaries and harbors. Usually found in brackish tidal waters. Feed on invertebrates. Found to contain tetrodotoxin (TTX) and anhydrotetrodotoxin (anh-TTX) which causes paralytic food poisoning (Ref. 54777). Marketed fresh in Mekong delta (Ref. 12693).

Habitat

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freshwater