Taenioides cirratus is a valid scientific name.

Taenioides cirratus (Blyth, 1860)

Bearded Worm Goby - Chewa - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Perciformes
Family	:	Gobiidae
Genus	:	Taenioides
Species	:	Taenioides cirratus

Common Names:

English	:	Bearded Worm Goby[598] Hooghly gobyeel[6]
Bangla	:	Chewa[5]

Synonyms:

Amblyopus cirratus Blyth, 1860
Gobioides cirratus (Blyth, 1860)
Amblyopus brachygaster Günther, 1861
Taenioides brachygaster (Günther, 1861)
Taenioides snyderi Jordan and Hubbs, 1925 Jun
Taenioides caeculus (Non Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Maximum Length and Weight:

30 cm (TL) and 200 g ^[1657]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 8.3-9.5 : 7.5-8.5 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 17.4-18 : 15.3-16 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 5 ^[5]
Anal length : Total length = 1 : 3.5 ^[5]
Pectoral length : Head length = 1 : 2.7-3 ^[5]
Pelvic length : Head length = 1 : 1.3-1.5 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D. VI/43-47; P₁. 13; P₂. 6; A. 43-46 ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
D VI 43-47; A I 42-45; P 13; V I 5 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}

Scales:

Data not available

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Data Deficient (DD)	(Version 3.1) [641]
Bangladesh	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [343]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Andaman Island[855] Bangladesh[70] China[1000] Hong Kong[868] India[855] Indonesia[1147] Japan[453] South Korea[1044] Philippines[869] Taiwan[876] Thailand[747] Vietnam[1148] New Caledonia[1149] Australia[590] Papua New Guinea[654] Cambodia[823]
Bangladesh	:	Halda River, Chittagong Hill Tracts[598] Passur River, Khulna[752] Sandha river, Pirojpur[1206] Agunmukha river, Patuakhali[1208]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Data not available

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears:
Seine net, Set bag net, Set bag net, Cast net, Cast net ^[1657]
Seine net, Set bag net, Set bag net, Cast net, Cast net ^[1657]
Market price: Data not available