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Edgbaston goby

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Edgbaston goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Chlamydogobius
Species:
C. squamigenus
Binomial name
Chlamydogobius squamigenus
Larson, 1995

Chlamydogobius squamigenus, the Edgbaston goby, is a critically endangered species of goby endemic to the Edgbaston Reserve in Central Queensland, Australia where it occurs in small pools with clay bottoms and emergent tussock grasses. This species can reach a length of 4.8 centimetres (1.9 in) SL.[2] The red-finned blue-eye, 11 snail species, a small crustacean, a flatworm, a spider and a dragonfly are restricted to the same springs and also threatened.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Kerezsy, A.; Kern, P.; Wager, R. (2019). "Chlamydogobius squamigenus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4699A129047583. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4699A129047583.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chlamydogobius squamigenus". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. ^ Bush Heritage (27 May 2016). Edgbaston. Retrieved 18 February 2017.