The Shimofuri goby (Tridentiger bifasciatus) is found in fresh and brackish waters. However, it is most abundant in low-salinity environments. The fish has typical features consistent with the family Gobiidae and grows to a maximum of 12 centimetres (4.7 in). These characteristics include two pelvic fins united from a conical sucking disk, a spiny anterior and a soft posterior dorsal fin, and eyes near the top of the head. These fins typically have 6-7 spines and 11-14 rays with orange tints on the edges. Tridentiger bifasciatus has a flat wide head and is highly variable in color, but generally light or dark brown with midlateral spots and minuscule white spots on the head.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Shimofuri Goby being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Tridentiger brevispinis
- Tridentiger trigonocephalus
- Gillichthys mirabilis
- Eleotris amblyopsis
- Padogobius bonelli
- Eleotris fusca
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Oxudercidae
- Genus
- Tridentiger
- Species
- Tridentiger bifasciatus
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