Nineline Goby
Ginsburgellus novemlineatus
Also known as: Gudgeon, Nine-lined Goby, Reef Goby
- Gudgeon
- Nine-lined Goby
- Reef Goby
Overview
Found singly, close to coral formations, over shallow clear water reefs. They are often in a symbiotic relationship with the sea urchin Echinometra lucunter, where it uses its sucking disk to adhere to the rock beneath the urchin, with just the head showing through the spines.
Reef Gobies have the largest and smallest species usually with very distinctive colouring.
How to identify
- Pattern
- blue stripestripes
- Head & Mouth
- red eyes
- Behaviour
- head showingsolitary
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Western Central Atlantic, Caribbean
- Country only · 2
Found singly, close to coral formations, over shallow clear water reefs.
Adult photos 2
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