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Caragobius urolepis (Bleeker, 1852)

Scaleless worm goby
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Common names: Bia
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type localities of Caragobius typhlops Smith and Seale, 1906, USNM 55619 (seven individuals were collected from the Rio Grande de Mindanao, Cotabato by Dr. Morse in 1903 and these specimens are mutilated in condition of the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins that description is imperfect, Ref. 439); of Brachyamblyopus olivaceus Herre, 1927, BSMP 13024 (syntypes collected from La Libertad, Oriental Negros, with 7 destroyed and lost, seen by Koumans, Ref. 129446, 46206). Also Ref. 2847, 7050, 50587, 94476.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1927
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sumatra eelgoby, Asagarahaze, Bia, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Amblyopinae
Etymology: Caragobius: Greek, kara = face + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous.   Tropical

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