Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Gobiidae > Taenioides > Taenioides cirratusTaenioides cirratus (Ribbon shaped goby; Hooghly gobyeel; Eel shaped goby; Eel goby; Bearded worm goby; Bearded eel goby)Synonyms: Amblyopus brachygaster; Amblyopus cirratus; Gobioides cirratus; Taenioides brachygaster; Taenioides snyderi Language: Bengali; Japanese; Korean; Mandarin Chinese; Tagalog; Thai Taenioides cirratus is a species of worm goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from islands offshore of eastern Africa to New Caledonia and from Japan to Australia. This species can be found in estuaries and coastal waters, preferring ares with mud substrates feeding on small crustaceans as well as other invertebrates. It is capable of surviving in air for a considerable period by sucking air into its bronchial chambers. This species can reach a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL. |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 2Diet, Feeding Behavior, Growth, and Numbers of a Population of Cerberus rynchops (Serpentes: Homalopsinae) in Malaysia}, Bruce C. Jayne, Harold K. Voris, Kiew Bong Heang, FIELDIANA Zoology NEW SERIES, NO. 50 (1988) |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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