Checked goby

Checked goby
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Redigobius
Species:	R. dewaali
Binomial name
	Redigobius dewaali; (M. C. W. Weber, 1897)
Synonyms
	Gobius dewaali M. C. W. Weber, 1897; Redigobius dewaalii (M. C. W. Weber, 1897); Stigmatogobius dewaali (M. C. W. Weber, 1897); Gobius maxillaris Davies, 1948; Mugilogobius pongolensis Kok & Blaber, 1977; Redigobius pongolensis (Kok & Blaber, 1977);

Redigobius dewaali, the Checked goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean coast of Africa from Mozambique and South Africa. This species inhabits fresh and brackish waters of estuaries, lakes and floodplain pans where there is plentiful vegetation. It can reach a length of 4.2 centimetres (1.7 in) SL.^[2]

References

^ Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Redigobius dewaali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19387A58300528. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19387A58300528.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Redigobius dewaali" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

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[iucn_status_14_November_2021-1] Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Redigobius dewaali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19387A58300528. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19387A58300528.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Redigobius dewaali" in FishBase. June 2013 version.

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