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Gobiomorphus hubbsi (Bluegilled bully)

Synonyms: Philypnodon hubbsi
Language: Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The bluegill bully (Gobiomorphus hubbsi) is a sleeper goby endemic to New Zealand. It is a specialist of shallow, fast-flowing riffles and torrents, where it lives amongst the gravels. It a similar distribution to the other endemic riffle specialist, the torrentfish. The bluegill bully is the smallest of the Eleotrids, commonly reaching only 60–70 mm (2.4–2.8 in). It is named for the bright blue edge to the operculum or gill cover, which is present in both sexes. It eats aquatic invertebrates and has an upturned mouth, allowing them to pick invertebrates off the stones above them.
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Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Gobiomorphus hubbsi

Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Awarua Wetland 49421 South Island, New Zealand      

Prey / Diet

Hydrobiosis frater[2]
Oxyethira albiceps[2]

External References

Citations

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
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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