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Bony fish

White-barred Goby

Amblygobius phalaena

Also known as: Banded Goby, Banded Sleeper Goby, Brown-barred Goby, Bullet Goby, Dragon Goby, Dusky Barred Goby, Goby Dragon, Gudgeon, Sand Goby, Sleeper Goby, Sleeper-banded Goby, White-spotted Goby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2021
Adult
@fishx6 · Lighthouse Bommie - Coral Sea, Australia · July 20091 / 39
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Overview

Found singly or in pairs, close to their burrows, sifting through sand with their mouths looking for food, around rubble, sand, and in seagrass beds, of lagoons and coastal reefs, rich in algae growth.

These Gobies feed by taking a mouthful of sand that is filtered through the gills for tiny creatures.
They make large homes on sandy areas below rocks, with a small entrance that is covered over at night, when predators are near these Gobies dive into the sand and swim through the sand to escape danger.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Pacific Ocean
  • Exact location · 6
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Found singly or in pairs, close to their burrows, sifting through sand with their mouths looking for food, around rubble, sand, and in seagrass beds, of lagoons and coastal reefs, rich in algae growth.

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Adult photos 39

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Taxonomy

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderGobiiformes
  5. familyGobiidae
  6. genusAmblygobius
  7. speciesAmblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes, 1837)

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More in the family

Gobies (Gobiidae)