Belobranchus belobranchus

Figs 1, 2, 3 A – D, 5 A, 6, Tables 1, 2 English name: Throat-spine Gudgeon

Sumber: Revised diagnoses of the gudgeons Belobranchus belobranchus and B. segura (Actinopterygii, Gobiiformes, Eleotridae)

Distribution and habitat. Belobranchus belobranchus has been recorded from the South China Sea (Randall and Lim 2000), Indonesia: Java, Bali, Lombok, Flores, Alor, Timor, Buton, Sulawesi, and Halmahera islands, and West Papua (Roberts 1993; Tjakrawidjaja 2002; Larson and Pidgeon 2004; Larson et al. 2007; Keith et al. 2012; Tweedley et al. 2013; Dahruddin et al. 2016; Miesen et al. 2016; this study); the Philippines (Jamandre 2023); Japan (Sakai et al. 2001; Nakabo 2002); Papua New Guinea (Fricke et al. 2014; Amick and Toko 2021) (Fig. 6). Belobranchus belobranchus is an amphidromous species, characterized by migration between freshwater and coastal environments (Keith et al. 2012; Sahami et al. 2019); its habitat predominantly encompasses the lower regions of rivers, typically at altitudes to 5 m, and it has been observed in muddy to clear river systems featuring sandy to rocky or gravel bottoms (Parenti 2021). Like most eleotrids, this fish is carnivorous (Kiruba-Sankar et al. 2018).

Sumber: Revised diagnoses of the gudgeons Belobranchus belobranchus and B. segura (Actinopterygii, Gobiiformes, Eleotridae)