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Checked goby

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Perciformes

Genus
  
Redigobius

Higher classification
  
Redigobius

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Gobiidae

Scientific name
  
Redigobius dewaali

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Redigobius, Goby, Perciformes, Redigobius bikolanus, Stenogobius

Redigobius dewaali, the Checked goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean coast of Africa from Mozambique and South Africa. This species inhabits fresh and brackish waters of estuaries, lakes and floodplain pans where there is plentiful vegetation. It can reach a length of 4.2 centimetres (1.7 in) SL.

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