Tank Goby | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Suborder: | Gobioidei |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Subfamily: | Gobiinae |
Genus: | Glossogobius |
Species: | G. giuris |
Binomial name | |
Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822) |
Glossogobius giuris (Tank Goby or Bar-eyed Goby) is a goby of the Gobiidae family,[1] available in the Bay of Bengal. It is said to be the largest of the Gobiinae species.
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The head is depressed while the body takes on a compressed appearance towards to caudal fin. Normally brown or light brown with various darker brown spots and fleacks along the sides. Ranges in size from 40 to 50cm maximum (16-20 inches).
Occurs in tropical and subtropical fresh, brackish and marine waters along the East coast of Africa, Southern Asia (including India), South-East Asia with its associated islands, as well as Northern Australia. This species is most often associated with estuarine habitats, although it is also found in marine water and can be found many kilometers inland in freshwater streams.
Lays eggs amongst submerged vegetation, where the eggs are guared by both the male and the female.
A carnivorous fish, it will eat any small fish and invertebrates it comes across.