Freshwater Goby Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Glossogobius giuris
Family : Gobiidae
Order : Gobiiformes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Fresh Water Goby, Flat- headed Goby, Forktongue Goby, Gangetic Tank Goby
Habitat : Rivers,canals,beels,ditches,estuaries,seas
Description : Body of Freshwater Goby is elongated with cylindrical anterior and compressed posterior.They appear as yellowish-brown with 5 large blotches on the flank.Head is pointed and depressed.Dorsal fins are close together with pointed,somewhat with rounded caudal fin. This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in)
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Gobiopterus chuno
(Glass Goby) -
Scartelaos histophorus
(Walking Goby) -
Awaous guamensis
(Scribbled Goby) -
Parapocryptes batoides
(Goby) -
Periophthalmodon schlosseri
(Mudskipper) -
Eleotris fusca
(Dusky sleeper) -
Awaous grammepomus
(Scribbled Goby) -
Apocryptes bato
(Goby) -
Gobiopsis macrostoma
(Longjaw Goby) -
Oxyurichthys microlepis
(Maned Goby)
References:
description written by: Hajbun Tasnim Preety, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: www.fishbase.in, Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh(volume 23).photo credit and copyright:Mahalder, Balaram([email protected]),www.fishbase.se. more information please contact with us.
description written by: Hajbun Tasnim Preety, Department of Zoology,Universityof Dhaka; Information sources: www.fishbase.in, Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh(volume 23).photo credit and copyright:Mahalder, Balaram([email protected]),www.fishbase.se. more information please contact with us.