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Animal
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Fishes
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Animal
Name
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Trypauchen vagina (Bloch et Schneider)
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Classification
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Phylum
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Chordata
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Class
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Osteichthyes
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Order
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Perciformes
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Family
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Gobiidae
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Characteristic Features |
-Body elongate and compressed -Head short and compressed with a ridge on dorsal surface -Eyes very small -Snout obtuse -Scales in lateral series 70-115, in transverse 20-24 -Ventral fins united and rounded at the hind margin -Body purplish red -Size: 120-175 mm | |
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Ecology
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Feed on benthic algae and detrital organic matters | |
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Habitat
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Distribution
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Indo-Pacific, Western Pacific, South and East China Sea
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Locations
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