Shokihaze goby (Tridentiger barbatus)

Scientific name: Tridentiger barbatus G?nther, 1861

Shokihaze goby (Tridentiger barbatus)

The Shokihaze goby (Tridentiger barbatus) is a brackish-water fish of the family Gobiidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10. Snout margin has a series of small barbels extending to the cheek; lower jaw has 2 series of small barbels, 1 along the opercular margin and another along the preopercular margin.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Tridentiger barbatus
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
5.2
Environment
Brackish; demersal
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Eastern Central Pacific: Presence in San Francisco Bay, California attributed to ballast-water transport.
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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