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2, Goby Identification,
Goby Behavior, Goby Selection, Goby Compatibility, Goby Feeding, Goby Systems, Goby Disease, Goby Reproduction, Amblygobius Gobies,
Clown Gobies, Neon Gobies, Genus Coryphopterus Gobies, Catalina Gobies, Mudskippers, Shrimp Gobies, Sifter Gobies,
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Neon/Cleaner Gobies, Shrimp/Watchman Gobies, Sifter/Sleeper Gobies/Valenciennea,
Sleeper Gobies/Eleotridae, Mudskippers, Dartfishes (family Microdesmidae, subfamily
Ptereleotrinae), Fresh to Brackish Water
Gobioids, Gobioids, and
the similar-appearing Blennioids,
"True"
or Combtooth Gobies, the Family Gobiidae, Part 2
Part 1,
Part 3, Part 4, Part
5
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By Bob Fenner
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Genus Exyrias:
Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851), the Puntang
Goby. Western Pacific; Andaman Sea, Japan, Australia, Fiji. To 14
cm. Spotted first dorsal fin is indicative. Found in freshwater
run-off, tide-pools. N. Sulawesi image. |
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Genus Eviota: Small and often beautiful. Thirty
five described species, with many more to go.
Evitota nigriventris. S. Sulawesi pix. |
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Eviota prasites Jordan & Seale 1906, the
Prasites Goby. West Pacific; Moluccas to Samoa. To less than an
inch in length. This one photographed off of Queensland,
Australia. |
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Eviota sebreei Jordan & Seale 1906,
Sebree's Pygmy Goby. Indo-Pacific; Red Sea to Samoa, to the
northern GBR, Micronesians. To less than an inch in total length.
This one perched on a Porites coral in Pulau Redang,
Malaysia. |
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Bigger PIX:
The images in this table are linked
to large (desktop size) copies. Click on "framed" images
to go to the larger size. |
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Genus Fusigobius:
Genus Gnatholepis: Seven species of great sand
sifters.
Gnatholepis cauerensis Bleeker 1853, the
Eyebar Goby, for distinctive vertical band through the eye. Indo-Pacific; South Africa to Hawai'i. To three
inches in length. This one in the Maldives in the Indian
Ocean. |
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Bigger PIX:
The images in this table are linked
to large (desktop size) copies. Click on "framed" images
to go to the larger size. |
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Gnatholepis thompsoni Jordan 1904, the
Goldspot Goby. Tropical Atlantic; Bermuda to Venezuela, Ascension,
St. Helena Islands. This one in the Bahamas. To about three inches
in length. A sand-sifter. |
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Part 1,
Part 3, Part 4,
Part 5
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