Drombus globiceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Drombus
Species:
D. globiceps
Binomial name
Drombus globiceps
(Hora, 1923)
Synonyms[2]
  • Acentrogobius globiceps
    (Hora, 1923)
  • Acentrogobius kranjiensis
    (Herre, 1940)
  • Ctenogobious globiceps
    Hora, 1923
  • Ctenogobius kranjiensis
    Herre, 1940
  • Drombus kranjiensis
    (Herre, 1940)
drombus

Drombus globiceps is one of ten species of goby in the genus Drombus. It is found in the western Indo-Pacific. Its common names include Kranji drombus and bighead goby. It is a tropical fish[3] and has been recorded from the Ganges Delta and Chilika Lake of India, the Bay of Bengal, Thailand (Kra Isthmus), Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Northern Territory and northern Queensland of Australia.[1][2] It lives in both marine and fresh water environments.[3][4] It is considered that D. globiceps is possibly a synonym of Drombus ocyurus.[5] Its threats to human is least concerned.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Drombus globiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T166598A1138226. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166598A1138226.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Helen K. Larson; Zeehan Jaafar; Kelvin K.P. Lim (2008). "An annotated checklist of the gobioid fishes of Singapore" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 56 (1): 135–155.
  3. 1 2 3 "Drombus globiceps summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  4. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Drombus globiceps (Hora, 1923)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  5. ↑ Maurice Kottelat; A.J. Whitten (1996). Freshwater fishes of western Indonesia and Sulawesi: additions and corrections. Periplus, Hong Kong.


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