Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7; Vertebrae: 26 - 27. Deep-bodied, with blunt head and compressed body; longitudinal scales 27-32; predorsal scales large, 8-10, edges often scalloped, extending close up behind eyes; body scales ctenoid; side of lower jaw strongly curved upward, forming ridge at symphysis; first dorsal fin low, rounded, with no filamentous spines; body greyish to brownish, scales often with blackish centers and 5-6 white diagonal bars, marbled or somewhat ocellate blackish spot on caudal base, eyes blue when live (Ref. 44011). Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 44011).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Hemigobius

Species: Hemigobius mingi (Herre, 1936)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Restricted to mangrove habitats (Ref. 44011). Hovers practically vertically, in small groups (Ref. 44011).

Habitat

brackish