''Navigobius dewa'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
dartfish
Dartfishes are a group of fish, formerly considered to be a subfamily, Ptereleotrinae, of goby-like fishes in the family Microdesmidae of the order Gobiiformes, Authorities now consider the species in the family Microdesmidae are within the G ...
native to the western
Pacific Ocean
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where it is only known from the waters around southern
Japan. This species grows to a length of
SL.
[Hoese, D.F. & Motomura, H. (2009): Descriptions of two new genera and species of pterelotrine fishes from Australia and Japan (Teleostei: Gobioidei) with discussion of possible relationships. ''Zootaxa, 2312: 49–59.'']
References
Microdesmidae
Gobiidae
Fish described in 2009
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