| Family: |
Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae |
| Max. size: |
11 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 6 - 40 m |
| Distribution: |
Indo-Pacific: Kenya, Madagascar, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, Born Island, Andaman Sea; Guadalcanal, Solomons; Flores, Indonesia; south to the Great Barrier Reef. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-13; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 13-13. Characterized by whitish body color; snout and cheek with pair of thin, slanting dark brown bands, five wider brown bands on side with few brown spots between each band; anal fin yellow with blue margin; low basal membrane joins pelvic fins; predorsal scales extending forward to above posterior margin of preopercle; longitudinal scale series 67-75; greatest depth of body 5.2-6.7 in SL; caudal fin 2.8-3.6 in SL (Ref. 90102). |
| Biology: |
Lives with symbiont alpheid shrimps which prepare and maintain burrows in sand or sand and rubble areas (Ref. 9360). Found in coastal to outer reef sand slopes (Ref. 48637). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 25 June 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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