Comb goby

Comb goby
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Chordata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Actinopterygii
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Gobiiformes
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Oxudercidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Amblyopinae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Paratrypauchen Murdy, 2008
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	<div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">P. microcephalus
Binomial name
Paratrypauchen microcephalus (Bleeker, 1860)
Synonyms
Trypauchen microcephalus Bleeker, 1860 Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus (Bleeker, 1860) Taeniodes microcephalus (Bleeker, 1860) Trypauchen raha Popta, 1922 Ctenotrypauchen barnardi Hora, 1926

The comb goby (Paratrypauchen microcephalus) is a species of goby native to marine and brackish waters of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. This species occurs mostly on muddy substrates near mangrove forests. This species grows to a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) TL. This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[2] Paratrypauchen microcephalus has been recorded from areas which have soft, muddy bottoms, in estuaries and around the mouths of rivers near mangroves where they inhabit deep burrows in the mud. It is not known if they excavate the burrows themselves. This species feeds on benthic invertebrates such as crustaceans.^[1]

• Paratrypauchen microcephalus @fishesofaustralia.net.au

Wikidata ☰ Q1063890 entry

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