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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Microgobius: Greek, mikros = small + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 46888); depth range 0 - 75 m (Ref. 91780). Tropical; 12°C - 34°C (Ref. 97140), preferred ?; 40°N - 18°N, 98°W - 74°W

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Western Atlantic: Maryland to southern Florida and Texas in USA.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251); common length : 5.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

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Distinguished by the following characteristics: general body color is light grey-brown, typically have areas of very bright iridescent blue and/or yellow; body is laterally compressed; large, nearly vertical mouth; completely scaled body; first dorsal with VII spines; ventral fins are united (Ref. 92840).

Adults inhabit mangrove streams with very fine silt-mud substrate (Ref. 92840) with salinity ranging from 0.0 to 36.6 ppt (Ref. 97140).

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Benthic spawner.

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Microgobius gulosus (Girard, 1858)