Manila sleeper goby
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Manila dormouse ( Giuris margaritacea ) |
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The Manila goby ( Giuris margaritacea , Syn .: Ophieleotris aporos Bleeker, 1854 ) is a fish from the family of the sleeper goby (Eleotridae) that grows to a maximum of 23 centimeters .
distribution
The fish live in the tropical Indo-Pacific , from Madagascar to Southeast Asia , to New Guinea , in northern Australia , Melanesia and Palau . Larvae live in the sea, adults in fresh water. They prefer biotopes with dense plant growth.
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features
The Manila dormouse goby is a relatively large, stocky looking goby with a cylindrical body and a dorsally flattened head. As a rule, it is green-brown in color, eight to ten dark stripes on the sides and a dark spot on the base of the pectoral fin. The lower half of the head is brown or yellowish with three to four dark brown to reddish stripes that radiate out from the lower part of the eye.
- Fin formula : dorsal 1 VI, dorsal 2 I / 8–9, anal I / 9, pectoral 14–15.
- Scale formula : mLR 31–40, QR 12–14, approx. 15 scales in front of the dorsal.
nutrition
The sleeper gobies live omnivorously on worms , insect larvae , small crustaceans , algae and other aquatic plants.
swell
- Manila dormouse on Fishbase.org (English)
- Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
- Hans A. Baensch , Rüdiger Riehl : Aquariums Atlas, Volume 3 . Mergus Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-88244-114-3 .
Web links
- Giuris margaritacea inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Larson, H., 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2014.