Loach goby

Thacker and Hardman's study of the molecular phylogeny of the gobies indicates that the loach goby is the most primitive member of the gobioidei.

The Loach goby lives in the demersal, amphidromous, freshwater, brackish, marine environment.

The Loach Goby, Rhyacichthys aspro, is a goby, the only member of the family Rhyacichthyidae. Thacker and Hardman's study of the molecular phylogeny of the gobies indicates that the loach goby is the most primitive member of the gobioidei. More

The Loach Goby, Rhyacichthys aspro, is a , the only member of the family Rhyacichthyidae. Schindleriidae Schindleria, is a of marine fish. It is the only genus of family Schindleriidae, among the Gobioidei of order Perciformes. More

Common names

Almindelig smerlingeagtig kutling in Danish (dansk)
Dalapakan in Tagalog
Dalapakan in Visayan
Delaposkan in Tagalog
Delaposkan in Visayan
Kampa in Ilokano
Loach goby in English
Schmerlengrundel in German (Deutsch)
Tsubasahaze in Japanese (日本語)
溪鱧 in Mandarin Chinese
溪鳢 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Rhyacichthyidae
Genus : Rhyacichthys
Species : Rhyacichthys aspro
Authority : Valenciennes, 1837