Luciogobius albus

Luciogobius albus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Gobiiformes
Family:Oxudercidae
Genus:Luciogobius
Species: L. albus
Binomial name
Luciogobius albus
Regan, 1940

Luciogobius albus is a species of goby endemic to Japan where it is found in fresh and brackish underground waters near the coasts.[2] This species and its close relative L. pallidus are the only known cavefish in Japan.[3]

Sources

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Luciogobius albus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T12403A3340866. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Luciogobius albus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768


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