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. Some species in the genus are among the smallest fish in the world;Mukai, T., et al. (2004). Genetic and geographical differentiation of Pandaka gobies in Japan. Ichthyological Research 51(3), 222-27. the male P. pygmaea can be just in standard length at maturity.Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Pandaka pygmaea. FishBase. 2011.
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.
Species There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: 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
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