Eel worm goby (Taenioides anguillaris)

Scientific name: Taenioides anguillaris Linnaeus, 1758

Eel worm goby (Taenioides anguillaris)

The Eel worm goby (Taenioides anguillaris) is a freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae. Native range: Indo-Pacific, India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 40-47; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 37 - 44; Vertebrae: 30

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Taenioides anguillaris
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
40.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (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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