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Indonesian and Malaysian tidal flats along the Straits of Malacca were surveyed to determine the distributions of oxudercine gobies and their habitat conditions. Eight species from Penang Island and Selangor, Malaysia, and 12 species from Tebing Tinggi and Bengkalis Islands, Sumatra, were collected, including 2 species that had not been previously known to occur in these areas. Depending on the species, the habitats varied from sandy to muddy, level to sloped, exposed to immersed, wet to dry, and seashore to tidal river reaches.
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Takita, T., Agusnimar & Ali, A.B. Distribution and habitat requirements of oxudercine gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) along the Straits of Malacca. Ichthyological Research 46, 131–138 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02675431
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