Lord's goby (Tasmanogobius lordi)

Scientific name: Tasmanogobius lordi Scott, 1935

The Lord's goby (Tasmanogobius lordi) is a freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae. Native range: Eastern Indian Ocean, Tasmania, Australia.

Biology

Inhabit brackish estuaries or freshwater reaches where there are mud bottoms. Sometimes captured in estuarine tide pools where it buries itself in the sand. Adults migrate to lower marine estuarine areas to spawn in spring.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Tasmanogobius lordi
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
4.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: Tasmania, Australia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
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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