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Mogurnda furva Allen & Hoese, 1986 Black mogurnda |
| Family: | Eleotridae (Bully sleepers) | |||
| Max. size: | 12 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Oceania: known only from Lake Kutubu, Papua New Guinea, where it is apparently rare. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 10-13; Vertebrae: 33-33. Distinguished by the following characters: dorsal rays VIII - I,11-12; anal rays I,10-13; pectoral rays 14-16; scales in lateral series 38-39; transverse scale rows 12-13; predorsal scales 20-26; postdorsal scales 11-12; gill rakers on first arch 2-3 + 8-9 = 10-12; total vertebrae 33; snout relatively elongate, concave, its length about 3.7 in head length; body depth at pelvic fin origin 23.2-23.7% of SL; color in alcohol overall dark brown, nearly black except anus and genital papilla whitish; fins blackish; juveniles (under 35 mm SL) tan to whitish with dense covering of contracted melanophores giving overall dusky coloration, fins blackish (Ref. 26739). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 04 December 2019 (B1ab(iii)) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||