Gobiidae

Lidwill's dwarfgoby

Pandaka lidwilli

Estuary spawning stretches from January through October

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Brackish fish
• East Asia
• Oceania
• Fusiform
• Small
• Tropical fish

Pandaka lidwilli, or the Lidwill's dwarf goby, is a species of goby found in brackish and salt water in the mouths of rivers and maritime zones in Japan, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. In the Teima River estuary on Okinawa-jima Island, Japan, Pandaka lidwilli spawns from January to October. It lives in muddy substrate near mangroves and is threatened by human activities such as landfill and deforestation, so it’s listed “Vulnerable” in Japan’s Red Data Books.