Mahidolia mystacina

Mahidolia mystacina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Gobiinae
Genus:	Mahidolia
Species:	M. mystacina
Binomial name
Mahidolia mystacina Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1987

Mahidolia mystacina, the Flagfin Prawn Goby, is a species of fish in the Gobiidae family.^[1][2]

Description

Mahidol mystacina,the Flagfin Prawn Goby or the Flagfin Shrimp Goby or Mahidol Smiling Goby fins have both rays and spines. The dorsal fin has 7 spines and 10 soft rays. The anal fin has a single spine and 9 soft rays. Its head has blue or brown spots, while its body has 5-6 dark irregular crossbars.^[3] Males have an elongate first dorsal fin and elongate jaws.^[4]

Mahidol mystacina (Mahidol Smiling Goby) reaches 8 centimeters (3.1 in) in length, unsexed;^[5]

It uses the burrow of a mottled brown alpheid shrimp with two or more short white saddles or spots.^[6]

Range and habitat

This fish inhabits reefs in brackish and marine conditions, and silty coastal bays and estuaries.^[5][7] and freshwater tidal zone habitats^[8] It roams coastal sand and mud habitats from shallow estuaries to moderate depths on slopes.^[6]

Mahidol mystacina (Mahidol Smiling Goby)which was discovered in 1932 in Laemsing ,Chantaburi.this goby also has a notable history,and name point to an immedite connection with Mahidol university.Mahidol mystacina (Mahidol Smiling Goby)was first recorded by Dr.Huge McCormick Smith ,who gabve it the scientific name "Mahidol mystacina" in acknowledgement of Admiral of the Fleet H.R.H.Price Mahidol of Songkla.^[9]

It prefers depths of 5–20 meters (16–66 ft)^[4], in tropical waters, from 32°N to 20°S.

Specifically, it has been sighted on the muddy bottom at the base of the reef at Toguan Bay, Guam and from East Africa south to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique.^[3] and east to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan (?), south to northern Australia and Samoa.

Footnotes

1. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Mahidolia mystacina" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
2. ^ Myers, R.F. (1991). Micronesian reef fishes. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Hoese, D.F. (1986). Smith, M.M.; Heemstra, P.C.. eds. Gobiidae. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. pp. 774–807. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Myers, R.F. (1999). Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, (3 ed.). 
5. ^ ^{a b} Lieske, E.; Myers, R. (1994). Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea.. Harper Collins. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Kuiter, R.H.; Tonozuka, T. (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Australia: Zoonetics. pp. 623–893. 
7. ^ Maugé, L.A. (1986). Gobiidae. 2. SNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. pp. 358–388. 
8. ^ Rainboth, W.J. (1996). Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. Rome: FAO. 
9. ^ Sopikul, Suphakrit (2010). Spectrum (The International Newsletter of Mahidol University). Thailand. pp. 9 (Innovation-Research ).