Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Mugilogobius latifrons (Mugilogobius latifrons), recorded as Endangered
Mugilogobius latifrons (Mugilogobius latifrons). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Mugilogobius latifrons

Mugilogobius latifrons

Mugilogobius latifrons is a goby endemic to the Malili Lake system (consisting of Matano, Towuti and smaller lakes) in central Sulawesi, Indonesia generally being found in extremely shallow waters.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Mugilogobius latifrons
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Gobiidae · Mugilogobius

The goby

This species can reach a length of 4.7 centimetres (1.9 in) TL.

Perch-like ray-finned fishes: spiny-rayed fins and a huge spread of freshwater and marine families.

Range and habitat

Mugilogobius latifrons is a goby endemic to the Malili Lake system (consisting of Matano, Towuti and smaller lakes) in central Sulawesi, Indonesia generally being found in extremely shallow waters.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Mugilogobius latifrons is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Mugilogobius latifrons — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q2247119. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Mugilogobius latifrons?
Mugilogobius latifrons is a goby in the family Gobiidae (order Perciformes).
What is the conservation status of Mugilogobius latifrons?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Mugilogobius latifrons. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Mugilogobius latifrons live?
Mugilogobius latifrons is a goby endemic to the Malili Lake system (consisting of Matano, Towuti and smaller lakes) in central Sulawesi, Indonesia generally being found in extremely shallow waters.
Why is Mugilogobius latifrons in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Mugilogobius latifrons?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Mugilogobius latifrons a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.