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Etymology: Mugilogobius: Latin, mugil, -ilis = grey mullet + Latin, gobius = gidgeon (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Herre.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical
Asia: known only from southern China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 118190); common length : 3.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35840)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 26 - 27. Preserved specimens with about 9 indistinct narrow bars or X-shaped markings, indistinct oblique shoulder bar present (Ref. 43716). Longitudinal scales 33-40; TRB 10-16; predorsal scales 8-21, small, none enlarged, reaching to above preopercular margin; ctenoid scales on body in narrow wedge anteriorly, or with isolated patch under pectoral fin; third and fourth spines of first dorsal fin origin longest, subequal, not prolonged (Ref. 43716). Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 43716).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Found in ditches, ponds and puddles at Wuchow (Ref. 35840).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Larson, H.K., 2001. A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. (Suppl. No. 62):1-233. (Ref. 43716)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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