Madura goby (Apocryptodon madurensis)

Scientific name: Apocryptodon madurensis Bleeker, 1849

Madura goby (Apocryptodon madurensis)

The Madura goby (Apocryptodon madurensis) is a freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, east coast of India to the Philippines, north to Japan, south to Australia. Record from Sulaibikhat Bay, Persian Gulf needs verification.

Biology

Found in fresh and brackish waters. Browses on diatoms; not active at low tide, staying in burrows made by Alpheus bisincisus and others.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Apocryptodon madurensis
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
9.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous; depth range 0 - ? m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: east coast of India to the Philippines, north to Japan, south to Australia. Record from Sulaibikhat Bay, Persian Gulf needs verification.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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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