Bearded worm goby

Taenioides cirratus

Thirty Centimeters Goby of Indo Pacific

Tropical
Offshore
Transcontinental
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
South Asia
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Taenioides cirratus, known as the bearded worm goby, is a species of worm goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from islands offshore of eastern Africa to New Caledonia and from Japan to Australia.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Taenioides
Maximum length: 30 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: offshore islands of east Africa, India, and Australia. Reported from Japan (Ref. 559 ), South Korea (Ref. 77001 ), Bangladesh (Ref. 1479 ), New Guinea (Ref. 2847 ) and New Caledonia (Ref. 13246 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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