Whitebarred Goby, Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes 1837)
Other Names: Banded Goby, Barred Goby, Brown-barred Goby, Dusky Barred Goby, Spotty-tail Goby, White-bar Goby, White-barred Goby, White-spotted Goby
A Whitebarred Goby, Amblygobius phalaena, on the Gold Coast Seaway, Queensland, September 2013. Source: Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A greenish-brown goby with five dark brown to blackish bars along the side, a pale-edged dark stripe through the eye and another across the cheek, white streaks on the head, small white spots in 3-4 horizontal rows on the body, a black spot on the first dorsal fin and a black spot on the upper part of the caudal-fin base.
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Bray, D.J. 2020, Amblygobius phalaena in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/75
Whitebarred Goby, Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes 1837)
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Distribution |
Rottnest Island and offshore reefs of Western Australia, and Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, to Sydney, New South Wales; also Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Eastern Indian Ocean. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, east-Indo-west-central Pacific. Individuals or pairs inhabit sand and rubble areas on coastal reefs and lagoons. |
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Feeding |
Feeds on small invertebrates, organic matter, and algae sifted from mouthfuls of sand. |
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Biology |
The sexes are separate, males and females form monogamous pairs. Males tend the eggs which are laid in burrows. |
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Species Citation |
Gobius phalaena Valenciennes in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes 1837, Histoire Naturelle des Poissons Vol. 12: 92. Type locality: Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2020 |
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Whitebarred Goby, Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes 1837)
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