Boleophthalmus boddarti, 19.3 cm SL (photo by Seishi Kimura)
Boleophthalmus boddarti, 10.4 cm SL (photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin)
Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas, 1770) Boddart's Goggle-eyed Goby
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D V + 24-26; A 24-26; P1 17-21; LR 61-79; PDS 25-35.
Body elongate, compressed. Head subcylindrical; snout rounded; gape near horizontal; jaws extending to, or beyond, a vertical through middle of eye; gill opening not extending anteriorly to a vertical line through posterior margin of preopercle; tongue adnated to floor of buccal cavity; uniserial row of teeth on each jaws, in addition to a single enlarged caninelike teeth internal to anterior margin of lower jaw. Pelvic fins united medially; frenum present. Cycloid scales on head and body; snout and chin naked. Sensory canals and pores present on head; reduced longitudinal pattern of sensory papillae rows on cheek. Color: head and body beige or brownish gray, slightly paler ventrally; a series of 6-7 oblique dusky bars on dorsal half of body; numerous bright sky blue dots scattered on head, body and dorsal fins. Size: 13.5 cm SL. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Remarks: found on exposed mudflats in protected bays and estuaries.
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