WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Firegoby

Nemateleotris magnifica

Also known as: Dartfish, Dartgoby, Fire Dartfish, Fire Wormfish, Firefish, Firefish Goby, Goby, Gudgeon, Hovergoby, Magnificent Dartfish, Magnificent Firefish, Magnificent Firegoby, Orange Firefish, Orange Firegoby, Red Dartfish, Red Firefish, Red Firefish Goby, Red Firegoby, Sailfin Hovergoby, Wormgoby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2024
Adult
@fishx6 · Wakatobi Dive Resort, Indonesia · August 20051 / 18
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Overview

Found in pairs or family groups, hovering just above the bottom, facing the current feeding, close to their holes, over upper portions of outer reef slopes.

These cute little fish usually in pairs hovering directly above the ocean floor, facing the current to catch their food.
When predators approach they dart back into their holes or under a rock.

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How to identify

Fins & Tail
sail fin

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 18
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Found in pairs or family groups, hovering just above the bottom, facing the current feeding, close to their holes, over upper portions of outer reef slopes.

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Adult photos 18

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyMicrodesmidae
    6. genusNemateleotris
    7. speciesNemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938

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    More in the family

    Wormfishes (Microdesmidae)