Goby
Parapocryptes serperaster
- Group: Goby
- Max size: 23 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
A burrowing goby of bays and estuaries, this fish also works the freshwater tidal reaches of the Mekong delta, where it digs into soft mud. It grows to about 23 centimetres and turns up now and then in mixed catches at market. It is harmless to divers.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Gobiiformes › Gobiidae › Parapocryptes
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 282101.
FAQ
- Is the Goby dangerous to divers?
- The Goby is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Goby get?
- The Goby grows to about 23 cm.