| Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae |
| 7.8 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; marine; depth range 50 - 100 m |
| Western Pacific: known only from the Great Barrier Reef , Australia. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-12; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 12-13. Description: small elongate fish, body and head moderately compressed; mouth large, gape oblique, jaws nearly equal anteriorly; upper lip broad as lower; gill opening extending forward ventrally to vertically below point approximately one-third of way from hind margin of orbit to posterior margin of operculum; 69-75 rows of scales in lateral series from dorsal angle of branchial opening to base of caudal fin, latter with an additional 3-4 rows basally; 21-25 transverse scale series, counted forward and upward from first anal spine to approximately below sixth dorsal spine; 19-23 scales in a zigzag series around narrowest part of caudal peduncle ; gill rakers on lower limb of first arch, including elongate raker at angle, 9 or 10 (Ref. 26237). |
| Collected from sandy reef slope at a depth of 26 m. Associated with burrowing alpheid prawns (Ref. 26237). |
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Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 26 January 2009 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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