genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of fish in the
goby
Goby is a common name for many species of small to medium sized ray-finned fish, normally with large heads and tapered bodies, which are found in marine, brackish and freshwater environments. Traditionally most of the species called gobies have b ...
Gobionellinae
The Gobionellinae are a subfamily of fish which was formerly classified in the family Gobiidae, the gobies, but the 5th Edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies the subfamily as part of the family Oxudercidae. Members of Gobionellinae mos ...
, native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of
Asia
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and the western
Pacific Ocean
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. Some species in the genus are among the
smallest fish
The world's smallest fish depends on the measurement used.
Based on minimum standard length at maturity the main contenders are '' Paedocypris progenetica'' where females can reach it at ,Genetic and geographical differentiation of ''Pandaka'' gobies in Japan. ''Ichthyological Research'' 51(3), 222-27. the male ''P. pygmaea'' can be just in
standard length
Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology.
Overall length
* Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish ...
at maturity.Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds. ''Pandaka pygmaea''. FishBase. 2011.
The genus name is a word for a
dwarf
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Common uses
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* Dwarf (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a humanoid ...
in the a number of languages of the Philippines and refers to the small size of these fish.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
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Pandaka bipunctata
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Pandaka lidwilli
''Pandaka lidwilli'', or the Lidwill's dwarf goby, is a species of goby found in brackish and salt water in the mouths of rivers and maritime zones in Japan, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. The specific name honours the Australian anesthesiologi ...
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McCulloch
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, 1917) (dwarf tiger goby)
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Pandaka pusilla
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Pandaka pygmaea
The dwarf pygmy goby or Philippine goby (''Pandaka pygmaea'') is a tropical species of fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae from brackish water and mangrove areas in Southeast Asia. It is one of the smallest fish species in the world. Males reac ...
'' Herre, 1927 (dwarf pygmy goby)
* ''
Pandaka rouxi
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Pandaka silvana
''Pandaka'' is a genus of fish in the goby subfamily, Gobionellinae, native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of Asia and the western Pacific Ocean. Some species in the genus are among the smallest fish in the world;Mukai, T., et al. (2004)Gen ...
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, 1943) (dwarfgoby)
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Pandaka trimaculata
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