Edgbaston goby
Chlamydogobius squamigenus, the Edgbaston goby, is a critically endangered species of goby endemic to the Edgbaston Reserve in Central Queensland, Australia where it occurs in small pools with clay bottoms and emergent tussock grasses. This species can reach a length of 4.8 centimetres (1.9 in) SL.[2] The red-finned blue-eye, 11 snail species, a small crustacean, a flatworm, a spider and a dragonfly are restricted to the same springs and also threatened.[3]
| Edgbaston goby | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Genus: | Chlamydogobius |
| Species: | C. squamigenus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlamydogobius squamigenus Larson, 1995 | |
References
- Wager, R. (1996). "Chlamydogobius squamigenus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T4699A11088784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4699A11088784.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Chlamydogobius squamigenus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- Bush Heritage (27 May 2016). Edgbaston. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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