Seawhip Goby, Bryaninops yongei (Davis & Cohen 1968)

Other Names: Sea-whip Goby, Whip Coral Goby, Whip Goby, Yonge's Sea Whip Goby

A Seawhip Goby, Bryaninops yongei, at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Source: Ian V. Shaw / Reef Life Survey. License: CC BY Attribution

Summary:

A small brownish semi-transparent goby with several darker bars across the back. The Seawhip Goby is only found on the seawhip, Cirripathes anguina, often in current-swept areas.

Video of Seawhip Gobies spawning at Sebumakutan Island, Cebu, Philippines

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Bray, D.J. 2024, Bryaninops yongei in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2918

Seawhip Goby, Bryaninops yongei (Davis & Cohen 1968)

More Info

Distribution	Dampier Archipelago and offshore reefs of north Western Australia, Ashmore Reef in the Timor Sea, and the far northern Great Barrier Reef, and reefs in the Coral Sea, to the Solitary Islands, New South Wales; also Lord Howe island in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species is widespread in the tropical Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits a single species of seawhip, Cirripathes anguina. A single juvenile or an immature individual usually occupies small seawhips, whereas a pair is most always found on seawhips over 20 m in length.
Features	Dorsal fin VI + I, 7-10; Anal fin I, 7-9; Pectoral fin 13-17 (lower 3-6 rays unbranched and thickened); Longitudinal scale rows 26-58. Pelvic fins cup-like with a thickened, folded and lobed frenum; gill openings reaching to below pectoral-fin base.
Etymology	The species is named yongei for Sir Maurice Yonge, "our shipmate on Cruise 6 of TE VEGA'.
Species Citation	Cottogobius yongei Davis & Cohen, 1968, Bull. Mar. Sci. 18(4): 752, figs 1, 4-6. Type locality: Darvel Bay, west of Tatagan Island, Borneo.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2024
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Seawhip Goby, Bryaninops yongei (Davis & Cohen 1968)

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