| Family: |
Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae |
| Max. size: |
6 cm TL (male/unsexed); 6.6 cm TL (female) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 5 - 7 m |
| Distribution: |
Southwest Pacific: in bays near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. One specimen tentatively identified as this species was collected from Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 9-10; Vertebrae: 26-26. Body grayish white. Upper pectoral fin rays entire. Predorsal cycloid scales 8-12; ctenoid on trunk. Head greenish brown with faint yellow-orange band diagonally on preoperculum and operculum with some black areas on the former; lateral part of jaws, especially upper, black. Males usually darker than females; length of anal, pelvic and 2nd dorsal fins longer in males. |
| Biology: |
Collected from silty sand near large rocks. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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