Taenioides cirratus

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Bearded worm goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Taenioides
Species: T. cirratus
Binomial name
Taenioides cirratus
(Blyth, 1860)

Taenioides cirratus is a goby of the Gobiidae family.[1] It is predominantly found in coastal waters and estuaries,[2] as well as rivers[3] in offshore islands of East Africa, India, and Australia.[1] It has been reported from Japan,[4] Bangladesh,[5] New Guinea[3] and New Caledonia.[6] This mud-dweller[1] is capable of living out of the water for considerable time by taking air into the bronchial chambers.[2] Up to 30 cm long,[1] it feeds on crustaceans and other invertebrates.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Maugé, L.A., Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA), 1986, p. 358-388, Reference 4899, FishBase; Retrieved: 2007-12-16
  2. ^ a b Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries, 1991, Reference 4833, FishBase; Retrieved: 2007-12-16
  3. ^ a b Allen, G.R., Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea, 1991, Reference 2847, FishBase; Retrieved: 2007-12-16
  4. ^ Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago, 1984, p. 437, Reference 559, FishBase; Retrieved: 2007-12-16
  5. ^ Rahman, A.K.A., Freshwater fishes of Bangladesh, 1989, p. 364, Reference 1479, FishBase; Retrieved: 2007-12-16
  6. ^ Marquet, G., B. Séret and R. Lecomte-Finiger, Inventaires comparés des poissons des eaux intérieures de trois îles océaniques tropicales de l'Indo-Pacifique, 1997, p. 27-34, Reference 1479, FishBase; Retrieved: 2007-12-16
  7. ^ Rainboth, W.J., Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong, 1996, p. 265, Reference 12693, FishBase; Retrieved: 2007-12-16


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