Luciogobius pallidus

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Luciogobius pallidus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Luciogobius
Species:
L. pallidus
Binomial name
Luciogobius pallidus
Regan, 1940

Luciogobius pallidus is a species of goby endemic to Japan's fresh brackish underground waters near the coasts. [2] It and close relative L. albus are the country's only known cavefish. [3]

References

  1. Fujiwara, K.; Kobayashi, H.; Conway, K.W. (2025). "Luciogobius pallidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2025 e.T12404A110462511. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T12404A110462511.en . Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Luciogobius pallidus". FishBase . June 2013 version.
  3. Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN   978-1402000768