Taenioides cirratus, known as the Bearded worm goby, is a species of worm goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from islands offshore of eastern Africa to New Caledonia and from Japan to Australia.

Oviparous

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Distribution

Geography

Continents

Asia, Africa, Oceania

Subcontinents

East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Asia, Melanesia

Countries

China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Papua New Guinea, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Madagascar, Tanzania, Oman, Pakistan, Mozambique, Taiwan, Macao

Regions

New Caledonia, Queensland, Northern Territory, Hainan

Oceans

Pacific Ocean

Seas

South China Sea, Seto Inland Sea, Philippine Sea, Laccadive Sea, Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, Andaman Sea

Biogeographical realms

Palearctic, Australasian, Indomalayan, Afrotropical

The species can be found in estuaries and coastal waters, preferring areas with mud substrates feeding on small crustaceans and other invertebrates. They are found in fresh, brackish, and salt water and the dispersion area is the Mae Klong River (Samut Songkram Province) and Thai Sea Boundary. In Thailand, this species is called plā k̄heụ̄x (ปลาเขือ) and is sometimes eaten. It is capable of surviving in air for a considerable period by sucking air into its bronchial chambers probably to move over land.