Brachygobius xanthomelas

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Brachygobius xanthomelas
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Brachygobius
Species:
B. xanthomelas
Binomial name
Brachygobius xanthomelas
Herre, 1937

Brachygobius xanthomelas is a species of goby from the subfamily Gobionellinae which occurs in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and on the island of Borneo. [2] It is a little known species which occurs in the aquarium trade. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Larson, H. 2019. Brachygobius xanthomelas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T180770A89814962. Downloaded on 23 July 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Brachygobius xanthomelas" in FishBase . June 2018 version.