Burrowing goby (Croilia mossambica)

Scientific name: Croilia mossambica Smith, 1955

Burrowing goby (Croilia mossambica)

The Burrowing goby (Croilia mossambica) is a freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae. Native range: Africa, southern Mozambique to Durban, South Africa, recorded from Madagascar.

Biology

Restricted to sandy, quiet water areas and is unable to form burrows where the substrate is disturbed by water movements, is muddy or consists of sand with a particle diameter > 0.5 mm. Food consists of slow moving benthic organisms like chironomid larvae, gastropods, bivalves and amphipods. On exposed shores, they occur deeper than 3.5 m. Occasionally intertidal.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Croilia mossambica
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
6.0
Depth range
1–16 m (3–52 ft)
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous; depth range 1 - 16 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Africa: southern Mozambique to Durban, South Africa, recorded from Madagascar.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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