Oval Spot Goby

Asterropteryx ovata Shibukawa & Suzuki 2007

Asterropteryx ovata (Oval Spot Goby) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family gobies. Individuals can grow to 2.7 cm.

EOL has data for 6 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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2.72 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Western Pacific: Sulawesi (Indonesia) and Ponape (Caroline Islands), including Japanese waters; probably more widely distributed in the area and the Indian Ocean
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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benthic
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/benthic
- Definition: Living at the bottom of a body of water.
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standard length
- URI: http://purl.org/obo/owlATOL_0001659
- Definition: length of a fish measured from the tip of the snout to the posterior end of the last vertebra or to the posterior end of the midlateral portion of the hypural plate. Simply put, this measurement excludes the length of the caudal fin
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2.7 cm
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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15 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Oval-spot goby. View this species on GBIF