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Ptereleotris microlepis

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Species of fish

Ptereleotris microlepis
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: Ptereleotris
Species: P. microlepis
Binomial name
Ptereleotris microlepis
(Bleeker, 1856)

Ptereleotris microlepis is a species of the fish is that lives in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Occurrence

It is widely distributed in a variety of nearshore habitats of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

The species can be found near Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Ryukyu islands, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It has also been found near Tuamoto islands, southern parts Great Barrier Reef, Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean.

It occurs in shallow lagoons and harbors. It also inhabits sandy fringes of coral reefs.

Name

The original name for the species was Eleotris microlepis.

In English the species goes by common names like blue gudgeon, green-eye dart-goby, smallscale hovergoby, or pPale dartfish.

References

  1. ^ Larson, H. (2022). "Ptereleotris microlepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T46086416A46664719. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T46086416A46664719.en. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. Sadovy, Yvonne; Cornish, Andrew S. (2000-01-01). Reef Fishes of Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-962-209-480-2.
  3. "Ptereleotris microlepis, Blue gudgeon : aquarium". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  4. ^ "Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker, 1856)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  5. Kuiter, Rudie H.; Godfrey, Timothy (2014-12-19). Fishes of the Maldives – Indian Ocean: Applicable to Central and Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Chagos, Laccadives, Cocos Keeling Islands. Atoll Editions. ISBN 978-1-876410-97-1.
  6. Allen, Gerald R. (2020-08-04). A Field Guide to Tropical Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific: Covers 1,670 Species in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines (with 2,000 illustrations). Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-2188-1.
  7. "Blue gudgeon - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
Taxon identifiers
Ptereleotris microlepis


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