2013/09/10
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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
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General Information
Glossogobius olivaceus
Spotty band goby
Animal Group:
Freshwater Fish
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Gobiidae
Description:
Spotty Band Goby is a relatively large, cylindrical, greyish-coloured goby with unremarkable sparse dotted longitudinal lines on sides. There is a black spot on first dorsal fin between first and second rays and two dots on pectoral fin base. The most distinctive characteristics of the fish is the presence of tiny black dots on nape and a stripe running across snout to lower jaw.
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Uncommon
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
Restricted distribution in Hong Kong, only recorded in a few reservoirs and estuarines.
Global Distribution
Western North Pacific and East China Sea including China, Japan, South Sakhalin and Russia.
Photo Gallery
No more photo available
References
More on Freshwater Fish in HK
Chen I.S. and Fang L.S. (1999).
The Freshwater and Estuarine Fishes of Taiwan
(in Chinese). National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung.
Lee, V. L. F., Lam, S. K. S., Ng, F. K. Y., Chan, T. K. T. and Young, M. L. C. (2004).
Field Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Hong Kong.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong
