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Bluedot Goby

Asterropteryx ensifera

Also known as: Blue-speckled Rubblegoby, Gudgeon, Miller's Damsel, Reef Goby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@perigor2000 · Bali, Indonesia · February 20111 / 1
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Overview

Found in large colonies, over coral and rubble areas, of estuaries, coral and rocky reefs.

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

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found in large colonies, over coral and rubble areas, of estuaries, coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusAsterropteryx
    7. speciesAsterropteryx ensifera (Bleeker, 1874)

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    More in the family

    Gobies (Gobiidae)