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Rhinogobius lanyuensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Gobiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Genus
  
Rhinogobius

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Rhinogobius lanyuensis is a species of freshwater goby endemic to Taiwan and only found on Orchid Island (=Lanyu, the type locality) and Green Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan. Fishbase also lists it from "China".

Rhinogobius lanyuensis grows to 6.7 cm (2.6 in). It has not been evaluated by IUCN but is classified as "near threatened" in the 2012 Redlist of Fresh Water Fishes of Taiwan.

References

Rhinogobius lanyuensis Wikipedia