Slender mudskipper

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The Slender mudskipper lives in the demersal, amphidromous, freshwater, brackish, marine environment.

・Indian Ocean slender mudskipper) Scartelaos tenuis ・) Scartelaos cantoris ・) Scartelaos gigas ○トゲナガハゼ属 Gladiogobius (・2種) ・コトゲハゼ Gladiogobius brevispinis ・トゲナガハゼ(Gladiator goby) Gladiogobius ensifer ○トサカハゼ属 Cristatogobius (・6種) ・クロトサカハゼ Cristatogobius nonatoae ・トサカハゼ Cristatogobius More

2002) Indian Ocean Slender Mudskipper - Scartelaos tenuis (Day, 1876) Indian Ocean Steephead Parrotfish - Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Bleeker, 1854) Indian Ocean Twospot Cardinalfish - Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell, 1838) Indian Oil Sardine - Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847 Indian paintbrush - More

The Slender Mudskipper is amongst the smallest of all mudskippers, measuring around 4.5 cm in length. As their name implies they are slender in profile : the head is only slightly wider than the body. More

Slender mudskippers on Singapore shores - Pulau Hantu, May 05 - Chek Jawa, Sep 09 More

Common names

New Guinea slender mudskipper in English
Slender mudskipper in English
柴帕鈍牙鰕虎魚 in Mandarin Chinese
柴帕钝牙鰕虎鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Gobiidae
Genus : Zappa
Species : Zappa confluentus
Authority : Roberts, 1978