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Robust mangrove goby (Acentrogobius janthinopterus)
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Robust mangrove goby (Acentrogobius janthinopterus) specimen
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Gobiidae

Robust mangrove goby

Acentrogobius janthinopterus

Purple finned guest of western Pacific estuary mud

  • Purple
  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Elongated
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Robust mangrove goby is known around Indo-Pacific as a fish; It occurs in estuaries and brackish water, and records give a maximum length of 12.5 cm.

Family
Gobiidae
Maximum length
12.5 cm
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: from the Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia (Ref. 7050 ) and western Australia (Ref. 49596 ) to Western Pacific: Japan, Philippines and Indonesia.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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