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Bony fish

Erythrops Goby

Bryaninops erythrops

Also known as: Fire-coral Goby, Gudgeon, Translucent Coral Goby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@JolineCuracao · Puerto Galera, Philippines · April 20241 / 1
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Overview

Found singly or in pairs, living in the branches of fire corals and on massive corals of Porites varieties, over coral and rocky reefs.

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

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How to identify

Behaviour
pairssolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found singly or in pairs, living in the branches of fire corals and on massive corals of Porites varieties, over coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusBryaninops
    7. speciesBryaninops erythrops (Jordan & Seale, 1906)

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    More in the family

    Gobies (Gobiidae)