Blue gudgeon

Characteristics

  • Alert and stays away from divers.
  • Often recorded in pairs or in small groups in which individuals share the same borrow.

Description

  • Body light grey-blue.
  • Red margin on first dorsal fin. This feature distinguishes the species from the similar looking Blue hana goby, which does not possess a red margin on first dorsal fin.
  • Iridescent blue lines on head.
  • A short, diagonal black stripe at the base of pectoral fin.

Common Name: Blue gudgeon

Family Common Name: Dartfishes

Scientific Name: Ptereleotris microlepis___(Bleeker, 1856)

Maximum Length: 13 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Blue gudgeon