checked goby

Redigobius dewaali

Endemic Goby of the South African Coast

Tropical
Estuary
Local endemic species
Restricted distribution
Indian Ocean
Africa
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

Redigobius dewaali, the checked goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean coast of Africa from Mozambique and South Africa. This species inhabits fresh and brackish waters of estuaries, lakes and floodplain pans where there is plentiful vegetation.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Redigobius
Maximum length: 5.6 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Africa: endemic to the southwestern Indian Ocean along african coast from southern Mozambique to the Agulhas Province (Ref. 92840 ), from east coast rivers and estuaries from the Limpopo to southern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa (Ref. 2798 , 52193 ); with isolated records from around Knysna and Kariega estuary, Eastern Cape (Ref. 52193 ). Threatened by deterioration of riverine and estuarine habitats (Ref. 7248 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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