TAILEYED GOBY

Parachaeturichthys polynema

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IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

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Parachaeturichthys polynema (Bleeker, 1853)

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  - Ray-finned fishes +
    - Perch-like fishes +
      - True gobies +
        
        Parachaeturichthys +
        
        Taileyed goby
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Parachaeturichthys spp. Inhabit deep water (Ref. 42915). Rarely enters estuaries (Ref. 4833). Captured by trawls over mud bottom (Ref. 11441). Found to contain tetrodotoxin (TTX) and anhydrotetrodotoxin (anh-TTX) which causes paralytic food poisoning (Ref. 54777).

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