The Malabar goby, ''Stenogobius gymnopomus'' is a species of
goby endemic to the Indo-Pacific regional countries such as
India,
Somalia,
Indonesia,
Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...
. where it can be found in marine, brackish and fresh waters. The habitats include coastal waters, estuaries and tidal zone of rivers. This species can reach a length of
SL.
It feeds mainly on
cladocerans, as well as fish eggs and scales.
This species is a batch spawner which has a prolonged spawning season, extending from August to December in
Kerala. The female's
fecundity was between 46,323 and 61,291 eggs while the sex ratios favours males in local populations.
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References
* http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/233590
gymnopomus
Freshwater fish of India
Freshwater fish of Sri Lanka
G. R. Allen
Fish described in 1853
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