Tank goby

Tank goby
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Gobioidei
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Gobiinae
Genus:	Glossogobius
Species:	G. giuris
Binomial name
Glossogobius giuris (F. Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
Gobius giuris F. Hamilton, 1822 Acentrogobius giuris (F. Hamilton, 1822) Glossogobius giuris giuris (F. Hamilton, 1822) Gobius gutum F. Hamilton, 1822 Awaous gutum (F. Hamilton, 1822) Gobius russelli Cuvier, 1829 Gobius catebus Valenciennes, 1837 Gobius kora Valenciennes, 1837 Gobius kurpah Sykes, 1839 Gobius phaiospilosoma Bleeker, 1849 Gobius sublitus Cantor, 1849 Gobius spectabilis Günther, 1861 Euctenogobius striatus F. Day, 1868 Gobius striatus (F. Day, 1868) Gobius grandidieri Playfair, 1868 Glossogobius tenuiformis Fowler, 1934

A 1927 illustration of Glossogobius giuris

Glossogobius giuris, the tank goby, is a species of goby native to fresh, marine and brackish waters from the Red Sea and East Africa through South Asia and the Indian Ocean to China, Australia and the islands of the Pacific Ocean. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.^[2]

Description

The head is depressed while the body takes on a compressed appearance towards to caudal fin. Normally brown or light brown with various darker brown spots and fleacks along the sides. Ranges in size from 40 to 50cm maximum (16-20 inches).

Habitat

This subtropical species is most often associated with estuarine habitats, although it is also found in marine water and can be found many kilometers inland in freshwater streams.

Reproduction

Lays eggs amongst submerged vegetation, where the eggs are guarded by both the male and the female.

Feeding

A carnivorous fish, it will eat any small fish and invertebrates it comes across.

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