Oxyurichthys keiensis (Smith, 1938)
Kei goby
Oxyurichthys keiensis
photo by SFSA

Family:  Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobionellinae
Max. size:  7 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; brackish; marine
Distribution:  Western Indian Ocean: Inhaca, Mozambique to the Fish River mouth, South Africa; including Seychelles and Madagascar.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 12-12. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D2 12; A 13; upper jaw teeth in 2-3 rows; tongue fleshy,truncate to bifurcate, not rounded; upper lip not constricted; absence of a dark spot, with cornification or tentacle on dorsoposterior surface of the eye; anterior nares not darkly pigmented; without spots on gular membrane beneath preopercle or anterior process of quadrate; no membranous crest on nape; scales are mostly ctenoid; lateral scales 27-34; in males spines of first dorsal fin elongate, with third and fourth spines of appressed fin reaching beyond second dorsal fin to near caudal-fin base; pectoral-fin rays 20-23; males with pelvic fins dusky while centrally dusky in females; neural arches incomplete over caudal vertebrae (Ref. 103856).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 27 January 2009 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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