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Gobiidae
Yano’s cheek-hook goby
Ancistrogobius yanoi
A filamentous third dorsal spine trails through shallows
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
SmallYano’s cheek-hook goby is a marine fish from Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 3.7 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Gobies and Allies
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Ancistrogobius
- Maximum length
- 3.7 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: Japan to Indonesia, to the Solomons. Two specimens from the Red Sea provisionally identified as this species.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
