Snakehead gudgeon
Giuris margaritacea (Valenciennes, 1837)
Also calledEléotris serpent (fra)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Madagascar east to Marshall Islands and Vanuatu, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Found in lagoons, estuaries and freshwater; occurs in the lower reaches of freshwater streams, usually on mud bottoms, 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. First recorded from Lavolai, New Ireland as Ophiocara aporos by Koumans (1937: 25).
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 4285919.