Scientific Name	Rhyacichthys aspro   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1837)	Depth	0 - 5M
Chinese	溪鱧	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	溪鱧科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F455　Rhyacichthyidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	溪鱧
Max Length	25 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	溪塘鱧、石貼仔
Distribution in World	Taiwan、South East Asia、Japan	Distribution in Taiwan	North、Middle、South、HenChun Semiiland、East
Habitats	Fresh water	Holotype Locality	Batam [Bantem], w. Java, Indonesia; Sulawesi [Celebes], Indonesia
Synonyms	Platyptera aspro, Rhyacichthys asparo
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；臺灣淡水及河口魚類誌(陳及方, 1999)；Fishbase(2006)；臺灣淡水魚類紅皮書（陳等, 2011)  Cuvier, G. etc. 1837 Watanabe, M. 1972 Masao Watanabe 1972 Liang, Y.S. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 陳義雄,方力行 1999 Kong, C.P. 2000
Specimen List	ASIZP0073471. ASIZP0073472. ASIZP0073473. ASIZP0074075. ASIZP0074108. ASIZP0074601. ASIZP0806024. ASIZP0806025. ASIZP0806026. ASIZP0916024. ASIZP0916025. ASIZP0916026. NTHUB02033. NTHUB03008. NTHUB03072. NTOUP200709-019. NTOUP200709-021. NTUM05311. NTUM05312. USNM00320018. USNM00355578.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Loach goby
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist      2012 Redlist of Fresh Water Fishes::LC
Characteristic	Head compressed. Mouth inferior, arched. Eyes small, on upper side of head. Body thin, elongated, posterior laterally compressed; ventral profile horizontal to origin of anal; dorsal moderately arched. Scales moderately large; ventral surface of head, thorax and abdomen in front of anus naked. L.l.：36-40; dorsal fin rays：VII, I,8-9; pectoral soft fin rays：21-22; pelvic fin rays：I,5; anal fin rays：I,8-9. Pelvic fins covered by pectoral fins, both laterally expanded; anus near anal fin origin; caudal fin slightly forked; caudal peduncle long. Brownish, irregular dark blotches spread all over the body. Black stripes on dorsal, pectoral, pelvic and caudal fins.
habitats	Demersal; amphidromous freshwater fish. Probably carnivorous, feeds on small aquatic animals. Inhabits in higher reaches of rivers or steep costal streamlets.
Distribution	Asia and Oceania, extensively distributed from Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Taiwan and some Japanese islands. A rare fish in Taiwan.
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