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Sabre Goby

Antilligobius nikkiae

Also known as: Deep Water Sabre Goby, Reef Goby, Sabre-fin Goby

Adult
@Catriona · Whitehouse Bay, St Kitts & Nevis · July 20201 / 1
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Overview

Found in small schools, often hovering in the water column, over very deep, and steep, rocky ledges, slopes, and glacial sea level plateau's.

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 Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found in small schools, often hovering in the water column, over very deep, and steep, rocky ledges, slopes, and glacial sea level plateau's.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusAntilligobius
    7. speciesAntilligobius nikkiae Van Tassell & Colin, 2012

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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    More in the family

    Gobies (Gobiidae)