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Acentrogobius caninus in Australia
Tropical sand goby

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Acentrogobius caninus   (Valenciennes, 1837)
Family:	Gobiidae (Gobies) , subfamily: Gobiinae			picture (Accan_u3.jpg) by Aland, G.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Tropical sand goby
Max. size:	13.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 12693)
Environment:	demersal; amphidromous
Climate:	tropical; 26°N - 27°S
Global Importance:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Indo-West Pacific. Freshwater records from Madagascar by Pellegrin were based on juveniles of unidentified species (Ref. 4343).
Diagnosis:	Eyes large. Caudal fin rounded. 4-5 larger mid-lateral spots.
Biology:	Occur along coastlines and in estuaries and harbors. Usually found in brackish tidal waters. Feed on invertebrates. Found to contain tetrodotoxin (TTX) and anhydrotetrodotoxin (anh-TTX) which causes paralytic food poisoning (Ref. 54777). Marketed fresh in Mekong delta (Ref. 12693)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	poisonous to eat , Lin, S.-J., D.-F. Hwang, K.-T. Shao and S.-S. Jeng. 2000
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Maugé, L.A.. 1986. (Ref. 4343)
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Australia country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Aquaculture:			Ref:
Uses:	live export:
Comments:	Known from the northern coasts of Western Australia and Northern Territory, and NE coast of Queensland, from Bonaparte Arch., WA to Gladstone, QLD (Ref. 75154). Also Ref. 49596, 78751.
States/Provinces:	Northern Territory (native) Queensland (native) Western Australia (native)
States/Provinces Complete?:	Yes
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/as.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.csiro.au/
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
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	Modified:  Capuli, Estelita Emily	Entered:  Garilao, Cristina V.

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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