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Okinawa Goby

Gobiodon okinawae

Also known as: Clown Goby, Yellow Clowngoby, Yellow Coralgoby, Yellow-speckled Cave-goby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2019
Adult
@poeticpenguin · Chester Zoo Aquarium, Australia · April 20131 / 4
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Overview

Found in schools, hiding, or hovering in the branches of Acropora corals, over sheltered lagoons. Their skin is covered in a slimy toxic mucus.

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

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Pacific
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Found in schools, hiding, or hovering in the branches of Acropora corals, over sheltered lagoons.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusGobiodon
    7. speciesGobiodon okinawae Sawada, Arai & Abe, 1972

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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    More in the family

    Gobies (Gobiidae)