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Species of fish For the Indo-Pacific burrowing goby, see Trypauchen vagina.

Croilia
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Croilia
Species: C. mossambica
Binomial name
Croilia mossambica
J. L. B. Smith, 1955

Croilia mossambica, the burrowing goby or naked goby, is a species of goby native fresh, brackish and marine waters of Mozambique, South Africa and Madagascar. This species can be found on fine-grained sandy substrates in still waters at depths of from 1 to 16 metres (3.3 to 52.5 ft). It can reach a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) TL. It is currently the only known member of its genus.

References

  1. Cambray, J.; Tweddle, D. (2007). "Croilia mossambica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T5675A11530802. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T5675A11530802.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Croilia mossambica". FishBase. June 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Croilia mossambica


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