Orange goggle goby

📖 Overview

This species is known only from the holotype which was collected at 14-16 m depth, from a steep coral-reef sloping down to about 30 m depth, where the upper half of the slope with short steps covered with hard and soft corals, and the specimen was collected at the entrance of small with cave .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 33 - 34. This species is distimguished by the following characters: D VI + I,10; A I,9; pectoral-fin rays 14, all rays branched; pelvic-fin rays I,5, fin separated and no frenum, fifth ray unbranched; snout short, its length 0.7 of eye diameter; anterior nostril with a long nasal tube without process from the rim, posterior nostril pore with slightly erected rim; absence of tentacle above eye; posterior angle of jaws extending posteriorly to below posterior edge of pupil; opercular spine absent; without mental frenum; pelvic fins ending at anus, longer than pectoral fin; squamation reduced to a few ctenoid scales on caudal peduncle at caudal-fin base; absence of head canals; suborbital rows of papillae with 4 transverse rows; 3 distinct preorbital rows s present from posterior nostril to above upper lip; suborbital row 3 short, extending from eye ending distantly from row d; suborbital row 4 long, curving at ventroposterior edge of eye, extending obliquely below of level of row d; suborbital row b anteriorly not reaching to below posterior edge of eye; anterior dorsal rows o and m are present. Colour of head when alive and fresh orange, with body yellowish orange and with 5 faint, vertical, brown bands .Cross section: oval.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Orange goggle goby is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 14 - 30 m . Tropical Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Saudi Arabia.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🦠 Common Diseases

The following diseases are known to affect Orange goggle goby.

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

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