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Giuris
The snakehead gudgeon (Giuris margaritacea) is a species of sleeper goby found in marine, brackish, and fresh waters from Madagascar to Melanesia. This species grows to a length of 23 cm (9.1 in) with a maximum recorded weight of 171 g (6.0 oz). This species is important to the local peoples as a food fish. This species is the only known member of its genus.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Australian Snakehead Gudgeon
speciesGiuris aporocephalus
Tolson's Snakehead Gudgeon
speciesGiuris tolsoni
Giuris viator
speciesGiuris viator
Snakehead Gudgeon
speciesGiuris margaritaceus
Giuris charpini
speciesGiuris charpini
Giuris laglaizei
speciesGiuris laglaizei
Giuris yahayai
speciesGiuris yahayai
Giuris caussei
speciesGiuris caussei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88507.