- Taenioides cirratus
Taxobox | name = Bearded worm goby
image_caption =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Perciformes
familia =Gobiidae
genus =Taenioides
species = "T. cirratus"
binomial = "Taenioides cirratus"
binomial_authority = (Blyth, 1860)"Taenioides cirratus" is a
goby of theGobiidae family.Maugé, L.A., Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA), 1986, p. 358-388, [http://www.fishbase.org/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=4343&speccode=4899 Reference 4899] ,FishBase ; Retrieved:2007-12-16 ] It is predominantly found in coastal waters and estuaries,Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries, 1991, [http://www.fishbase.org/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=4833 Reference 4833] ,FishBase ; Retrieved:2007-12-16 ] as well as riversAllen, G.R., Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea, 1991, [http://www.fishbase.org/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=2847 Reference 2847] ,FishBase ; Retrieved:2007-12-16 ] in offshore islands of East Africa, India, and Australia. It has been reported from Japan, [Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago, 1984, p. 437, [http://www.fishbase.org/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=559 Reference 559] ,FishBase ; Retrieved:2007-12-16 ] Bangladesh, [Rahman, A.K.A., Freshwater fishes of Bangladesh, 1989, p. 364, [http://www.fishbase.org/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=1479 Reference 1479] ,FishBase ; Retrieved:2007-12-16 ] New Guinea and New Caledonia. [Marquet, G., B. Séret and R. Lecomte-Finiger, Inventaires comparés des poissons des eaux intérieures de trois îles océaniques tropicales de l'Indo-Pacifique, 1997, p. 27-34, [http://www.fishbase.org/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=1479 Reference 1479] ,FishBase ; Retrieved:2007-12-16 ] This mud-dweller is capable of living out of the water for considerable time by taking air into the bronchial chambers. Up to 30 cm long, it feeds on crustaceans and other invertebrates. [Rainboth, W.J., Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong, 1996, p. 265, [http://www.fishbase.org/References/FBRefSummary.php?id=12693 Reference 12693] ,FishBase ; Retrieved:2007-12-16 ]References
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