Purple-eye Goby, Bryaninops natans Larson 1985
Other Names: Hovering Goby, Purple-eyed Coral-goby, Purple-eyed Goby, Redeye Goby
A Purple-eye Goby, Bryaninops natans, in Padre Burgos, Eastern Visayas, Philippines. Source: Klaus Stiefel / Flickr. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A very small transparent goby with a pinkish-purple iris and yellow pigment over the internal organs. Purple-eye Gobies are seen perching on or hovering in groups above certain Acropora corals.
Video of Bryaninops natans in the Red Sea.
Video of Bryaninops natans in the Red Sea.
Cite this page as:
Dianne J. Bray, Bryaninops natans in Fishes of Australia, accessed 13 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1317
Purple-eye Goby, Bryaninops natans Larson 1985
More Info
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Distribution |
Found on offshore reefs in northern Australia. Elsewhere, widespread in the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea to the Cook Islands, the Ryukyu Islands in southern Japan, northern Australia and Micronesia. |
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Species Citation |
Bryaninops natans Larson, 1985, Beagle 2(1): 77, figs 10-12. Type locality: Lizard Island, Queensland. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Purple-eye Goby, Bryaninops natans Larson 1985
References
Allen, G.R. & M.V. Erdmann. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III. Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Tropical Reef Research.
Fishelson, L. 1989. Bisexuality and pedogenesis in gobies (Gobiidae: Teleostei) and other fish, or, why so many little fish in tropical seas? Senckenbergiana Marit. 147-169.
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls.
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp.
Kuiter, R.H. & T. Tonozuka. 2001. Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893.
Larson, H.K. 1985. A revision of the gobiid genus Bryaninops (Pisces), with a description of six new species. The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 2(1): 57-93 figs 1-17.
Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Guam : Coral Graphics vi 330 pp. 192 pls.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.
