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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1] Some species in the genus are among the smallest fish in the world;[2] the male P. pygmaea can be just 9 mm (0.35 in) in standard length at maturity.[3]
| Pandaka | |
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| Pandaka pygmaea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobionellinae |
| Genus: | Pandaka Herre, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Pandaka pusilla Herre, 1927 | |
| Synonyms | |
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The genus name is a word for a dwarf in the a number of languages of the Philippines and refers to the small size of these fish.[4]
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]
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