Pandaka_(fish)

<i>Pandaka</i> (fish)

Pandaka (fish)

Genus of fishes

Pandaka is a genus of fish in the goby subfamily, Gobionellinae, native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of Asia and the western Pacific Ocean.[1] Some species in the genus are among the smallest fish in the world;[2] the male P. pygmaea can be just 9 mm (0.35 in) in standard length at maturity.[3]

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The genus name is a word for a dwarf in the a number of languages of the Philippines and refers to the small size of these fish.[4]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Pandaka in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  2. [2]
    Mukai, T., et al. (2004). Genetic and geographical differentiation of Pandaka gobies in Japan. Ichthyological Research 51(3), 222-27.
  3. [3]
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Pandaka pygmaea. FishBase. 2011.
  4. [4]
    Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (24 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (p-z)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 August 2018.


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