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Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes, 1837)

Walking goby
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Bangladesh country information

Common names: Bearded goby, Dahuk, ডাহোক
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 4833.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rahman, A.K.A., 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Oxudercidae (Mudskippers) > Periophthalminae
Etymology:   More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre demersal; anfidromo (Ref. 51243).   Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indo-West Pacific: ranges from Pakistan to Japan and Australia. Known from the freshwater tidal zone of the Mekong (Ref. 12693).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 12693)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Distinguished by the following characteristics: prominent barbel on ventral midline near symphysis of lower jaw; upper jaw teeth 19-31; head depth 10.1-12.4% SL ; caudal fin length 18.5-25.1 % SL ; length of D 1 base 5.7-7.5% SL; 4-7 vertical, narrow, bluish grey bars on trunk; no large, black spots or stripes basally on posterior half of D2; D2 and anal fins connected by membrane to caudal fin (Ref. 5218).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); An intertidal species (Ref. 31184) found on sand and mud flats along bay shores. Also in estuarine areas, swamps, marshy areas and on tidal mud flats (Ref. 5258). Also found in the freshwater tidal zone (Ref. 12693). Actively shuttling back and forth between rock pools and air (Ref. 31184). Feeds on algae and harpacticoids, chromodorids and nematodes (Ref. 92840). Amphibious air-breather (Ref. 31184).

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Murdy, E.O., 1989. A taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the oxudercine gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae). Rec. Aust. Mus., Suppl. 11:1-93. (Ref. 5218)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 June 2017

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.6 - 29.2, mean 28.5 (based on 2978 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00290 - 0.00827), b=2.82 (2.67 - 2.97), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.