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Hale's Drombus

Drombus halei

Also known as: Gudgeon, Reef Goby

Adult
@perigor2000 · Lembeh, Indonesia · February 20201 / 1
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Overview

Found over mud, rubble, and sandy substrates, of shallow, inshore, coral and rocky reefs, also in estuaries and close to mangroves.
Eastern Indian Ocean to Western Pacific

These gobies are found in both freshwater and marine habitats.
Reef Gobies have the largest and smallest species usually with very distinctive colouring.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Indian Ocean, Western Pacific
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Found over mud, rubble, and sandy substrates, of shallow, inshore, coral and rocky reefs, also in estuaries and close to mangroves.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusDrombus
    7. speciesDrombus halei Whitley, 1935

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    More in the family

    Gobies (Gobiidae)