The Malabar goby, ''Stenogobius gymnopomus'' is a species of

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endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the Indo-Pacific regional countries such as

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. where it can be found in marine, brackish and fresh waters. The habitats include coastal waters, estuaries and tidal zone of rivers. This species can reach a length of SL. It feeds mainly on

cladocera The Diplostraca or Cladocera, commonly known as water fleas, is a superorder (biology), superorder of small, mostly freshwater crustaceans, most of which feed on microscopic chunks of organic matter, though some forms are predatory. Over 1000 sp ...

ns, as well as fish eggs and scales. This species is a batch spawner which has a prolonged spawning season, extending from August to December in

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. The female's

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was between 46,323 and 61,291 eggs while the sex ratios favours males in local populations.

References

* http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/233590 gymnopomus Freshwater fish of India Freshwater fish of Sri Lanka G. R. Allen Fish described in 1853 {{Gobionellinae-stub