Pandaka pygmaea — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Perciformes/Gobiidae/Pandaka

At a glance

Occurrence records74

Data sources7

Biological traits9

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Pandaka pygmaea's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility37 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System37 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS74 records

01Narrative

Pandaka pygmaea on a 2013 stamp sheet of the Philippines The dwarf pygmy goby or Philippine gobyAnimals. pawnation.com (Pandaka pygmaea) is a tropical species of fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae from brackish water and mangrove areas in Southeast Asia. It is one of the smallest fish species in the world. Males reach maturity at a standard length of 0.9 cm and can reach up to 1.1 cm in standard length, while the females can grow up to 1.5 cm in total length. Adults weigh around 0.00015 oz. It is known as bia and tabios in the Philippines., Guide to the Philippine Flora and Fauna, Band IX, (undated).

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length1.1 cm

Habitat & environment4

Habitat brackishyes

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits3

Depth max2 m

Depth min0 m

Vulnerability10

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type74 records

Wild obs. + sensor3

Museum / vouchered71

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO88 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit9

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 1 m · max 2.3 m · 9 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor3

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 19

19 georeferenced · 52 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence71

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 9 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Kagoshima University Museumlocation not on record	13
Washington, US	9
CASlocation not on record	6
University of California San Diegolocation not on record	2
Toronto, CA	2
Cambridge, US	1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1
Montgomery, US	1
Ann Arbor, US	1

9 institutions · 36 of 71 vouchered records shown