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Favonigobius melanobranchus (Fowler, 1934)

Blackthroat goby
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Favonigobius melanobranchus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Australia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Western Australia (Ref. 49596). Also from NT (N coast), QLD (NE coast), WA (N coast, NW coast); Port Hedland, WA to Salonika Beach, QLD (Ref. 75154). Also Ref. 11344, 129076.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hutchins, J.B., 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Favonigobius: Latin, favonius = gentle, propicious and Latin, favonianus = the west wind; 1656 + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Fowler.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 11441).   Subtropical

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