Slender mudskipper

Zappa confluentus

Goby Over Sandy Bottoms

Tropical
Transcontinental
Oceania
Small
Tropical fish

Zappa confluentus, the New Guinea slender mudskipper, is a mudskipper endemic to New Guinea, where it is only known from the lower parts of the Fly, Ramu Rivers. It is found on mudflats adjacent to turbid rivers.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Zappa
Maximum length: 4.4 cm
Distribution: Asia and Oceania: known only from the lower parts of the Fly, Ramu and Bintuni Rivers in New Guinea.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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