Mugilogobius platystoma (Günther, 1872)
Indonesian goby
Mugilogobius platystoma
photo by Wilson, D.

Family:  Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobionellinae
Max. size:  5 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater; brackish; marine, amphidromous
Distribution:  Western Pacific: Indo-Australian Archipelago, Singapore and Palau.
Diagnosis:  Color: light grayish brown to white ventrally; body with about 7 oblique to nearly vertical oval brown blotches or bars along sides; usually with a prominent pale-edged, vertically elongate brown blotch behind head (Ref. 44894).
Biology:  Inhabit mangrove estuaries as well as clear rainforest streams near the sea (Ref. 44894).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 March 2020 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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