| Family: |
Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae |
| Max. size: |
7 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; depth range 1 - 37 m |
| Distribution: |
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Queensland; Mariana, Kapingamarangi (?), and Marshall Islands in Micronesia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 7-7. Dark bar from eye to upper lip, vertical bar under eye, broad dark band from eye to opercle; vertical bar under first dorsal fin; caudal fin with wavy dark stripes (Ref. 2798); characterized further by pale brown to whitish body color; variably joined pelvic fins at median from base to about two-thirds length of fifth ray; pelvic frenum absent; very long and pointed caudal fin; longitudinal scale series 63-67; cycloid scales on head and anterior body; becoming ctenoid posteriorly; cycloid scales on cheek and opercle; predorsal scales 11, extending to interorbital space; head with prominent papillae ridges; depth of body 4.7-5.5 in SL (Ref. 90102). |
| Biology: |
Found in crevices and caves (Ref. 2334, 9360), usually under loose debris (Ref. 48637). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated
(Ref. 96402)
|
| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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