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Redeye Goby

Bryaninops natans

Also known as: Gudgeon, Hovering Goby, Pinkeye Goby, Purple-eye Goby, Purple-eyed Dwarf Goby, Purple-eyed Goby, Red-eyed Goby, Redeye Hovering Goby, Reef Goby

NTNear ThreatenedIUCN Red List, 2020
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@JarJar · Middle Garden, Egypt · April 20151 / 5
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Overview

Found in small schools, hovering in the branches of Acropora Corals, over shallow lagoon reefs.

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

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How to identify

COLOURS
Head & Mouth
pink eyered eyes
Behaviour
hoveringschooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found in small schools, hovering in the branches of Acropora Corals, over shallow lagoon reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusBryaninops
    7. speciesBryaninops natans Larson, 1985

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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