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Ancistrogobius squamiceps Shibukawa, Yoshino & Allen, 2010

Scaly cheek-hook goby
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Japan country information

Common names: Scaly cheek-hook goby, Uroko ho’okagi-haze
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from Amitori and Funauki Bays, Iriomote-jima Island, Yaeyama Group of Ryukyu Islands (Ref. 84001).
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: Shibukawa, K., T. Yoshino and G.R. Allen, 2010
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Uroko ho’okagi-haze, ... more

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Ancistrogobius: Name from Greek word 'agkistros' meaning fishhook and Gobius , a genus name of gobiine fish, in reference to the short, ventrally directed, spur-like preopercular spine.;  squamiceps: Name from the Latin words 'squama' meaning scale and 'ceps' for head, in reference to the presence of scales on head (upper part of operculum) and nape in this species..

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

marien benthopelagisch; diepte 20 - 30 m (Ref. 84001).   Subtropical

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