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Lentipes armatus Sakai & Nakamura, 1979

Peppermint armour goby
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Common names: Armored lentipes, Peppermint armour goby, Yoroi-bouzu-haze
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Ryukyu Islands (Ref. 559) and the islands of Tanegashima, Yakushima, Amami-oshima, Okinawa, Ishigaki, and Iriomote (Ref. 125534). Status of threat: by 2003, was reported a threatened species (Ref. 82684). Status of threat: Critically endangered (Ref. 94887).
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

Yoroi-bôzuhaze, 韧鰕虎鱼, Armored lentipes, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Sicydiinae
Etymology: Lentipes: Latin, lens, lentis = slow + Latin, pes = foot (Ref. 45335).

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic; amphidromous.   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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