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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Stigmatogobius: Greek, stigma = mark, signal + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical
Asia: known only from Singapore and Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7050)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 26. Can be differentiated from its congeners by the following combination of characters: absence of head pores but for two preopercular pores; body with large ocellate brown spot at mid-base of caudal fin, brown stripe running from tip of second first dorsal fin spine onto mid-side of body, and brown streak crossing cheek below eye to rictus; body compressed, head less so, with rounded to slightly pointed snout; jaws enlarged in large males; second dorsal rays I,7; anal rays I,8; pectoral rays 15-17, modally 16; longitudinal scales 25-29, modally 27; transverse scales backward 8-10; predorsal scales 11-15, cycloid, anteriormost few entering interorbital space (Ref. 56945).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabits brackish streams (Ref. 56945).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Larson, H.K., 2005. A revision of the gobiid genus Stigmatogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae), with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 16(4):347-370. (Ref. 56945)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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