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Belobranchus segura

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Belobranchus segura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Eleotridae
Genus: Belobranchus
Species:
B. segura
Binomial name
Belobranchus segura

Belobranchus segura is a species of eleotrid sleeper goby which has been found in Indonesia on Halmahera, in Papua Barat and also on the Solomon Islands.[2] It is an anadromous species in which the eggs are laid over rocky and gravel bottoms in freshwater streams. The free-swimming larvae then drift downstream to the sea where they undergo a planktonic stage before migrating up streams to mature and breed. It feeds on small crustaceans and fish.[3] The specific name honours the French hydrobiologist Gilles Segura for his contribution to the study of fish faunas.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Belobranchus segura". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Belonbranchus segura". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. ^ Philippe Keith; Renny K Hadiaty & Clara Lord (2012). "A new species of Belobranchus (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Eleotridae) from Indonesia". Cybium. 36 (3): 479–484.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 July 2017). "Order Gobiiformes: Families Rhyacichthyidae, Odontobutidae, Milyeringidae, Eleotridae, Butidae, and Thalasseleotrididae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 July 2018.