Rhinogobius giurinus

Rhinogobius giurinus is a species of goby native to eastern Asia where it inhabits marine, brackish and fresh waters of rivers and estuaries. This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL. It is of importance to local peoples as a food fish.^[2]

Rhinogobius giurinus
Rhinogobius giurinus, from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Genus:	Rhinogobius
Species:	R. giurinus
Binomial name
Rhinogobius giurinus (Rutter, 1897)
Synonyms
Gobius giurinus Rutter, 1897 Ctenegobius giurinus (Rutter, 1897) Ctenogobius giurinus (Rutter, 1897) Ctenogobius hadropterus D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 Rhinogobius hadropterus (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901)

Distribution

The fish's native range includes the Yellow River, Yangtze River, Qiantang River, Lingjiang, Pearl River, Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan regions (except the northwestern part of China including Tibetan Plateau and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau), Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Korean Peninsula, from Tone River to Iriomote in Ibaraki Prefecture, Kawahara Lake in Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan, Bonin Islands, Ryukyu Islands and North Vietnam.

The species is also introduced into Singapore, Tibetan Plateau and Yunnan.^[3]

Habitat

Its habitats include rivers, reservoirs, ponds and estuaries.^[4] Though it is a migratory fish,^[5] it can survive and reproduce in a completely closed drainage system.

Diet

The fish feeds on aquatic insects, invertebrates, small fish, zooplankton, phytoplankton and plant detritus.^[4]