Author: Herre, 1927
FBname: Dwarf pygmy goby
Comments: This is one of the smallest freshwater fishes:  males are mature at 9 mm, females at 15 mm.  The species used to frequent shady river banks in the Malabon River, Rizal Province, Luzon, Philippines; however, the type locality has been reclaimed and the remaining waters in the area are heavily polluted; the species is considered extinct in the Philippines (Rainer Froese, pers. comm., 2004).  It has been apparently imported into Germany in 1958;  a color photo of the fish was taken in an aquarium (Ref. 2060).  Found in brackish waters and mangrove areas of Indonesia (M. Kottelat, pers. comm.).