Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854)

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, Zootaxa 5330 (2), pp. 201-226 : 214

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8252859
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC87BD-FFB2-0A2C-80F4-FEDFFD98FD36
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854)
status

Treatment

29. Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1854) View in CoL View at ENA ― Tropical Sand Goby― Native

Taxonomy. Original description: Gobius reichei Bleeker, 1854:509 View in CoL [ Padang , Sumatra [Sumatera Barat, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4672 ]. Synonyms: Aboma aliciae Herre, 1936 View in CoL ; Pomatoschistus bacescui Nalbant, & Mayer, 1975 ; Gobius baliuroides Bleeker, 1849 View in CoL ; Ctenogobius cylindricus Bleeker, 1875 ; Acentrogobius ennorensis Menon & Rema Devi, 1980 View in CoL ; Gobius littoreus Day, 1888 ; Gobius neilli Day, 1868 View in CoL ; Rhinogobius robinsoni Fowler, 1934 View in CoL .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: New record from Dhofar region (Wadi Hasik).

General distribution. Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal ( South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes ( Mauritius) east to Vietnam, Marshall Islands and New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: Wadi Hasik, and probably in several other regions of the Arabian Peninsula.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Least Concern (LC).