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Bony fish

Old Glory

Koumansetta rainfordi

Also known as: Court Jester Goby, Gudgeon, Old Glory Goby, Orange-striped Goby, Rainford's Goby, Red-lined Goby, Red-striped Goby, Reef Goby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
Adult
@fishx6 · Lady Musgrave Island, Australia · February 20121 / 3
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Overview

Found singly or in small schools, over mud and sand bottoms, of murky coastal reefs rich in coral growth.

This goby does not seem to use a burrow maybe hiding in corals for protection.
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
  • Exact location · 2
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Found singly or in small schools, over mud and sand bottoms, of murky coastal reefs rich in coral growth.

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Adult photos 3

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusKoumansetta
    7. speciesKoumansetta rainfordi Whitley, 1940

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    More in the family

    Gobies (Gobiidae)