Ptereleotris microlepis
Ptereleotris microlepis is a species of the fish family Gobiidae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Ptereleotris |
| Species: | P. microlepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker, 1856) | |
It can be found in various parts of Asia and Africa.
Occurrence
The species can be found near Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Ryukyu islands, Malaysia, and Indonesia.[2]: 254
It has also been found near Tuamoto islands, southern parts Great Barrier Reef,[3] Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean.[1]
It occurs in shallow lagoons and harbors.[4]: 254 It also inhabits sandy fringes of coral reefs.[5]
Name
The original name for the species was Eleotris microlepis.[1]
In English the species goes by common names like Blue gudgeon, Green-eye dart-goby, Smallscale hovergoby, or Pale dartfish.[6]
References
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker, 1856)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- Sadovy, Yvonne; Cornish, Andrew S. (2000-01-01). Reef Fishes of Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-962-209-480-2.
- "Ptereleotris microlepis, Blue gudgeon : aquarium". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- Kuiter, Rudie H.; Godfrey, Timothy (2014-12-19). Fishes of the Maldives – Indian Ocean: Applicable to Central and Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Chagos, Laccadives, Cocos Keeling Islands. Atoll Editions. ISBN 978-1-876410-97-1.
- Allen, Gerald R. (2020-08-04). A Field Guide to Tropical Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific: Covers 1,670 Species in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines (with 2,000 illustrations). Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-2188-1.
- "Blue gudgeon - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
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