For the African burrowing goby, see Croilia mossambica.
Burrowing goby
Illustration of Trypauchen vagina from 1910
Illustration of Trypauchen vagina (described here as Trypauchen wakae) from 1901
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Gobiiformes
Family:
Oxudercidae
Genus:
Trypauchen
Species:
T. vagina
Binomial name
Trypauchen vagina
(Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms[1]
Gobius vagina Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
Gobioides ruber F. Hamilton, 1822
Trypauchen wakae D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
Trypauchen vagina, commonly known as the burrowing goby, is a species of eel goby found in the Indo-Pacific region. It has an elongated body about 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) in length. It is reddish-pink in color and possesses distinctive pouches in the upper edges of its gill covers. It lives in burrows in the silty and muddy bottoms of its marine and brackish habitats. It has reduced eyes that are entirely covered with skin and the anterior portion of its head is protected by thick flesh. Both adaptations aid it in digging its burrows.
^Susan M. Luna & Nicolas Bailly. "Trypauchen vagina (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)". FishBase. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
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