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Starry Goby

Asterropteryx semipunctata

Also known as: Blue-spotted Goby, Gudgeon, Half-spotted Goby, Reef Goby, Sleeper Goby, Starfin Goby, Star-finned Goby, Star-finned Gudgeon, Asterropteryx semipunctatus

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2019
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Adult
@davidmeridian179 · Naitauba Island, Northern Lau, Fiji, Fiji · November 20201 / 3
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Overview

Found singly, or in small schools, close to burrows and holes, over algae covered rock and rubble, in lagoons, and over inner reef flats.

Reef Gobies have the largest and smallest species usually with very distinctive colouring.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
barsblue spotsspots
Behaviour
burrowingschoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found singly, or in small schools, close to burrows and holes, over algae covered rock and rubble, in lagoons, and over inner reef flats.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusAsterropteryx
    7. speciesAsterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell, 1830

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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