Species: Cerdale paludicola, Mangrove worm-goby

Cerdale paludicola Dawson, 1974

Mangrove worm-goby

Body short, stubby, eel-like, body height ~ 10% of SL; tail longer than head and body; mouth strongly oblique, lower jaw projecting; top lip with a two-lobed cirrus between the front and rear nostrils; lower lip notched below front nostril; lower lip with broad fleshy expansion at rear; chin ridged on sides; 2 rows of teeth on each jaw, conical outer row, chisel-like inner row; gill opening tubular;  dorsal fin spines of equal height and spacing X-XII, 30-33, origin over or behind pectoral fin; anal rays 0, 28-32 ; pectoral rays 15; dorsal and anal fins unconnected to tail fin; scales small, close-set to slightly overlapping on head and upper body; body completely scaled except for mouth and area before rear nostril; tail fin with inner ½ scaled; a few scales on base of pelvics.