Philippines country information

Common names: Bia
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 5218.
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Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Herre, A.W.C.T., 1953
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Oxudercinae
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Common names from other countries

Peppered mudskipper, 细点叉牙鰕虎鱼, Tabirakuchi, ... more

Main reference

Murdy, E.O. 1989. (Ref. 5218)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 9.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12693)

Environment

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 46888); depth range 0 - ? m

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: east coast of India to the Philippines, north to Japan, south to Australia (Ref. 5218). Record from Sulaibikhat Bay, Persian Gulf (Ref. 80050) needs verification.
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Short description

Distinguished by the following characteristics: five, brown, roundish blotches along the lateral midline; predorsal scales 19-27 (Ref. 5218).

Found in fresh and brackish waters (Ref. 4833). Browses on diatoms; not active at low tide, staying in burrows made by Alpheus bisincisus and others.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.7500 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
2.0 ±0.00 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (20 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)

Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker, 1849)