Species Details

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Glass Goby Did you see this animal?

Scientific Name : Gobiopterus chuno
Family : Gobiidae
Order : Gobiiformes
Class : Actinopterygii
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Glass Goby
Habitat : Rivers and estuaries
 
Description : The head and anterior part of the body of Glass Goby is depressed along with body sides are spotted with black spots.Tail is compressed with oblique mouth.Dorsal fins are separated along with truncate caudal fin.It is found in the lower, slow flowing stretches of rivers, backwaters and swamps in both fresh and brackish water where it feeds on zooplankton.[2] This widespread and common species may be a species complex and different populations may prove to be separate species.
 
Distribution in Bangladesh
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:Polgar, Gianluca([email protected]),www.fishbase.se. more information please contact with us.