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Green Backed Guavina
Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker, 1853)
Also calledBunak (tgl) · Guavina-folha (por) · La Poso (ind) · Lochon têtard (fra) · Ougihaze (jpn) · Продольнополосатая бунака (rus) · オウギハゼ (jpn) · 側帶丘塘鱧 (zho) · Karimpoolan (mal)
The greenback guavina (Bunaka gyrinoides) is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae that inhabits fresh, marine, and brackish waters in estuaries and mangrove swamps from Sri Lanka to Micronesia and Australia. This species grows to a length of 34 cm (13 in), though most do not exceed 15 cm (5.9 in). This species is the only known member of its genus.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Vanuatu, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found in rivers and streams including estuaries, 0 – 5 m depth. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on WAM material (WAM P. 28185 - 013, 1 specimen, Kavieng District). Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Sri Lanka east to Caroline Islands and
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2386429.