Occasional-shrimp goby

Occasional-shrimp goby
Occasional-shrimp goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Gobius
Species: G. bontii
Binomial name
Gobius bontii
Bleeker, 1849
Synonyms
  • Acentrogobius bonti (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Acentrogobius bontii (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Drombus bontii (Bleeker, 1849)

Occasional-shrimp goby (Gobius bontii) is a species of fish in the Gobiidae family. Demersal tropical marine fish, up to 7.2 cm length. Widespread in the waters of Indo-West Pacific: from Mozambique (Bazaruto Archipelago) to India, also in central and western Pacific[1]. According to M. Kottelar[2] is junior synonym of Drombus triangularis. The taxonomic status of the species need addition studies.

References

  1. ^ Gobius bontii at FishBase
  2. ^ Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari, S. Wirjoatmodjo (1993) Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi = Ikan air tawar Indonesia Bagian Barat dan Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 344 p.
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