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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 3
Part 1,
Part 2, Part 4, Part
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By Bob Fenner
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Genus Hazeus: Two species
Hazeus nephodes E.K. Jordan 1925. Stout
spine at anterior of both dorsal fins. To two inches in length.
Found only in Hawai'i and Marshall Islands on the sand. Kona
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Genus Istigobius: Good looking reef sand-dwelling
fishes. The genus comprises eleven species.
The Decorated Goby, Istigobius decoratus
(Herre 1927) in the Red Sea Honeycombed pattern on upper body, with
two horizontal rows of black spots below. Dorsal fin heavily spotted. To about five inches in length
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The Ornate Goby, Istigobius ornatus
(Rupell 1830) in an aquarium, Fiji and N. Sulawesi. To about five
inches in length and found from the Red Sea to
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Istigobius rigilius (Herre 1953), the
Orange-Spotted Goby. Molucca, Philippine Islands to Australia, over
to Fiji and Marshall Islands. To four inches in length. Here in
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Part 1, Part 2,
Part 4, Part 5
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