''Luciogobius albus'' is a species of
goby endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
where it is found in fresh and brackish underground waters near the coasts.
This species and its close relative ''
L. pallidus'' are the only known
cavefish in Japan.
[Romero, A., editor (2001). ''The Biology of Hypogean Fishes.'' Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ]
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albus
Albus may refer to:
* Albus (surname)
* Albinus (cognomen), or Albus, a Latin surname
* Albus (coin), ''groschen'' coin of the Holy Roman Empire
* Albus, a Geomantic figure
* 'Albus', a cultivar of Rosemary
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Freshwater fish of Japan
Endemic fish of Japan
Cave fish
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Fish described in 1940
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