Ptereleotris microlepis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Gobiidae |
Genus: | Ptereleotris |
Species: | P. microlepis
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Binomial name | |
Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker, 1856)
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Ptereleotris microlepis is a species of the fish family Gobiidae.[1][2] It is widely distributed in a variety of nearshore habitats of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1]
The species can be found near Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Ryukyu islands, Malaysia, and Indonesia.[3]: 254
It has also been found near Tuamoto islands, southern parts Great Barrier Reef,[4] Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean.[2]
It occurs in shallow lagoons and harbors.[5]: 254 It also inhabits sandy fringes of coral reefs.[6]
The original name for the species was Eleotris microlepis.[2]
In English the species goes by common names like blue gudgeon, green-eye dart-goby, smallscale hovergoby, or pPale dartfish.[7]