Yellow Pygmy-goby, Lubricogobius exiguus (Tanaka 1915)
Other Names: Yellow Pygmy Goby
A Yellow Pygmy-goby, Lubricogobius exiguus, at Osezaki, Izu Peninsula, Japan, depth 22 m. Source: orangkucing / http://orangkucing.tumblr.com/. License: CC by Attribution-ShareAlike
Summary:
A small bright yellow goby with strongly keeled dorsal and ventral edges on the caudal peduncle, and a well-developed frenum on the pelvic fins.
Video of Yellow Pygmy-gobies sheltering in bottles around Lembeh, Indonesia, & Dauin, Philippines.
Video of Yellow Pygmy-gobies sheltering in bottles around Lembeh, Indonesia, & Dauin, Philippines.
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Dianne J. Bray, Lubricogobius exiguus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4895
Yellow Pygmy-goby, Lubricogobius exiguus (Tanaka 1915)
References
Allen, G.R. & M. Adrim, 2003. Coral reef fishes of Indonesia. Zool. Stud. 42(1): 1-72.
Kuiter R.W. & Tonozuka, T. 2001. Indonesian Reef Fishes. Part 3. Melbourne : Zoonetics pp. 623–893.
Randall, J.E. & Senou, H. 2001. Review of the Indo-Pacific gobiid fish genus Lubricogobius, with description of a new species and a new genus for L. pumilus. Ichthyological Research 48: 3-12.
Tanaka, S. 1915. Ten new species of fishes from Japan. Zoological Magazine, Tokyo 27(245): 565-568 [in Japanese]
