Family : Gobiidae (Gobies) , subfamily: Gobionellinae
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name :
Fish Name : Hemigobius hoevenii
Max size : 6.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7050)
Environment : demersal; amphidromous
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: of no interest
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Western Pacific: Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Borneo, New Guinea and northern Australia.
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 7-9; Vertebrae: 26-27. Body robust, compressed, with rounded somewhat depressed head, snout rounded and overhanging upper lip; longitudinal scales 27-32; anteriormost predorsal scale largest, 8-10 scales, extending close up behind eyes; mouth enlarged in males; scales on body ctenoid; first dorsal fin low, rounded, with no filamentous spines; body greyish to brownish with six diagonal blackish bars across sides, marbled to ocellate black spot on caudal base, roughly vertical black spot on caudal base, roughly vertical black line on opercle extending to underneath head (Ref. 44011). Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 44011).
Biology : Inhabit mangrove estuaries and streams, usually under leaf litter and detritus (Ref. 44011)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Larson, H.K.. 1999. (Ref. 44011)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : questionable
Salinity : freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses : no uses