Ptereleotris microlepis
Ptereleotris microlepis is a species of the fish is that lives in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
| Ptereleotris microlepis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Ptereleotris |
| Species: | P. microlepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker, 1856) | |
Occurrence
It is widely distributed in a variety of nearshore habitats of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1]
The species can be found near Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Ryukyu islands, Malaysia, and Indonesia.[2]: 254 It has also been found near Tuamoto islands, southern parts Great Barrier Reef,[3] Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean.[4]
It occurs in shallow lagoons and harbors.[5]: 254 It also inhabits sandy fringes of coral reefs.[6]
Name
The original name for the species was Eleotris microlepis.[4]
In English the species goes by common names like blue gudgeon, green-eye dart-goby, smallscale hovergoby, or pPale dartfish.[7]
References
- 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.
- Sadovy, Yvonne; Cornish, Andrew S. (2000-01-01). Reef Fishes of Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-962-209-480-2.
- "Ptereleotris microlepis, Blue gudgeon : aquarium". www.fishbase.de. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- "Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker, 1856)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- 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.
- 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.
- "Blue gudgeon - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
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