Pandaka pygmaea

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lexID:: 9914
AphiaID:: 281974

Scientific:: Pandaka pygmaea
German:: Zwerggrundel
English:: Dwarf Pygmy Goby

Category:: Gobiidés
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Pandaka (Genus) > pygmaea (Species)
Initial determination:: Herre, 1927

Occurrence:: Indonésie, Malaisie, Nicaragua , Philippines, Singapour, Sulawesi
Size:: 1 cm - 1 cm
Temperature:: 0°C - 27°C
Food:: No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pandaka bipunctata
Pandaka lidwilli
Pandaka pusilla
Pandaka pygmaea
Zwerggrundel
Pandaka rouxi
Pandaka silvana
Pandaka trimaculata

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-09-22 18:30:53
Last edit:: 2016-09-22 18:30:53

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Herre, 1927

Pandaka pygmaea is found in brackish waters and mangrove areas of Indonesia, depth range 0 - 2 meters.
Pandaka pygmaea is usually found in areas with soft muddy bottom and around aquatic plants.
The Dwarf pygmy goby has been apparently imported into Germany in 1958.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobioidei (Suborder) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobionellinae (Subfamily) > Pandaka (Genus) > Pandaka pygmaea (Species)

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