- Burrowing goby
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Burrowing goby Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Gobiidae Subfamily: Gobiinae Genus: Croilia Species: C. mossambica Binomial name Croilia mossambica
Smith, 1955The Burrowing Goby or Naked Goby (Croilia mossambica) is a species of fish in the Gobiidae family. Its genus Croilia is monotypic.
It is found in Mozambique and South Africa. This species has a very limited distribution and is becoming rare due to coastal development, pollution, and siltation of estuaries caused by soil erosion from further inland.
Source
- Skelton, P. 1996. Croilia mossambica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
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