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Bigmouth goby (Redigobius bikolanus)
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Bigmouth goby (Redigobius bikolanus) specimen
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Gobiidae

Bigmouth goby

Redigobius bikolanus

Fish Reaching Four Point Nine Centimeters in Philippine Waters

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Bigmouth goby is a fish of Asia and Oceania. Records give a maximum length of 4.9 cm. Its body is fusiform body.

Family
Gobiidae
Maximum length
4.9 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Asia and Oceania: Japan southward to the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia. Reported from Africa: south to Coffee Bay, South Africa (Ref. 2798 ) and Seychelles (Ref. 4343 ). Widely distributed over the West tropical Pacific, from Japan to the Philippines, Indonesia, New-Guinea, North of Australia, Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Ref. 87781 ). The Redigobius genus is actually being revised and especially the bikolanus group that should be splitted into several taxa, leading to a revision of the group distribution also (Ref. 87781 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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