| Family: |
Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae |
| Max. size: |
6 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 3 years |
| Environment: |
demersal; brackish; marine |
| Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Characterized by male with yellowish grey color, densely and diffusely mottled with dusky, bluish whit and dull orange spots; female with dark grey brown color dorsally, paler ventrally, with five large yellowish white blotches dorsally from nape to caudal peduncle; broadly yellow outer part of first dorsal fin in both sexes; upper 5-6 pectoral rays free of membrane; rounded caudal fin; longitudinal scale series 34-40; predorsal scales 14-19, reaching to within half eye diameter of rear edge of eye; cheek and opercle without scales; ctenoid body scales, becoming cycloid on anterior body; depressed head, width greater than depth; depth of body 4.1-4.3 in SL (Ref. 90102). |
| Biology: |
Inhabits rocky pools of intertidal zone and rocky shores (Ref. 90102). Specimens collected from tide pools of exposed coasts (Ref. 11441). Feeds on planktonic crustaceans, polychaetes and algae (Ref. 36558). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 19 July 2017 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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