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"True" or Combtooth Gobies, the Family Gobiidae, Part 3

Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5

 

By Bob Fenner

 

 

Clown Gobies, Genus Gobiodon:

Neon Gobies, Genera Elacatinus Gobiosoma:

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 pic. 

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 and found from the Red Sea to Micronesia. 

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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 Micronesia
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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 Queensland, Australia and S. Sulawesi. 

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Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5

 

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