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Hector's Goby

Koumansetta hectori

Also known as: Gudgeon, Hector's Grundel, Hector's Hovergoby, Hector's Reefgoby, Reef Goby, Yellowstripe Goby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
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Adult
@fishx6 · Mirihi, Maldives · August 20071 / 6
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Overview

Found singly, around fine rubble, shaded by corals, or hovering close to sandy bottoms of reef bases, over sheltered bays and inner reefs.

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

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
ocellated spotstripes
Behaviour
hoveringsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Country only · 6
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Found singly, around fine rubble, shaded by corals, or hovering close to sandy bottoms of reef bases, over sheltered bays and inner reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusKoumansetta
    7. speciesKoumansetta hectori (Smith, 1957)

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