Hoese's goby

Glossogobius hoesei

Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Southeast Asia
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

Glossogobius hoesei, Hoese's goby, is a species of goby endemic to the Ayamaru Lakes in West Papua, Indonesia where it can be found on muddy or gravel substrates as well as in small tributary streams. This species can reach a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) SL. The specific name honours the ichthyologist Douglass Fielding Hoese of the Australian Museum in Sydney who has made an important contribution to the study of fishes in the order Gobiiformes.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Glossogobius
Maximum length: 7 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Asia: known only from the Ajamaru Lakes in the center of the Vogelkop Peninsula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

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