Family : Gobiidae (Gobies) , subfamily: Gobiinae
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Tropical sand goby
Fish Name : Acentrogobius caninus
Max size : 13.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 12693)
Environment : demersal; amphidromous
Climate : tropical; 26°N - 27°S
Global Importance :
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific. Freshwater records from Madagascar by Pellegrin were based on juveniles of unidentified species (Ref. 4343).
Diagnosis : Eyes large. Caudal fin rounded. 4-5 larger mid-lateral spots.
Biology : Occur along coastlines and in estuaries and harbors. Usually found in brackish tidal waters. Feed on invertebrates. Found to contain tetrodotoxin (TTX) and anhydrotetrodotoxin (anh-TTX) which causes paralytic food poisoning (Ref. 54777). Marketed fresh in Mekong delta (Ref. 12693)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : poisonous to eat , Lin, S.-J., D.-F. Hwang, K.-T. Shao and S.-S. Jeng. 2000
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Maugé, L.A.. 1986. (Ref. 4343)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses