Pandaka (fish)

Pandaka is a genus of fish in the goby subfamily, Gobionellinae, native to fresh, brackish and marine waters of Asia and the western Pacific Ocean.^[1] Some species in the genus are among the smallest fish in the world;^[2] the male P. pygmaea can be just 9 mm (0.35 in) in standard length at maturity.^[3]

Pandaka
Pandaka pygmaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Oxudercidae
Subfamily:	Gobionellinae
Genus:	Pandaka Herre, 1927
Type species
Pandaka pusilla Herre, 1927
Synonyms
Berowra Whitley, 1928

The genus name is a word for a dwarf in the a number of languages of the Philippines and refers to the small size of these fish.^[4]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Pandaka bipunctata H. L. Wu, 2008
• Pandaka lidwilli (McCulloch, 1917) (dwarf tiger goby)
• Pandaka pusilla Herre, 1927 (tiny pygmy-goby)
• Pandaka pygmaea Herre, 1927 (dwarf pygmy goby)
• Pandaka rouxi (M. C. W. Weber, 1911) (Roux's pygmy-goby)
• Pandaka silvana (Barnard, 1943) (dwarfgoby)
• Pandaka trimaculata Akihito & Meguro, 1975