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Acanthogobius flavimanus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)

Yellowfin goby
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Japan country information

Common names: Mahaze, マハゼ
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Sokolovskaya, T.G., A.S. Sokolovskii and E.I. Sobolevskii, 1998
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Hokkaido to Kyushu. Also Ref. 1739. Utilized as a food fish. Found to occur in the Himi region a result of a habitat study conducted in Toyama Bay (Ref. 58909).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Gobio extranjero, 문절망둑, 黄鳍刺鰕虎鱼, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Acanthogobius: Greek, akantha = thorn + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Temminck & Schlegel.

Issue
Acanthogobius stigmothonus (Richardson, 1845) is considered as valid (from the South China Sea and Gulf of Tonkin) in Shibukawa & Iwata, 2013 (Ref. 93271).

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 1 - 6 m (Ref. 96339).   Temperate; 52°N - 23°N, 116°E - 143°E

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