Narrowbar reefgoby

📖 Overview

Overview information for Narrowbar reefgoby is currently being compiled by our editorial team.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. This species is distinguished by the following characters: interorbital broad, with a slight depression between eyes; predorsal scales covered with ctenoid scales to above mideye, and a small naked patch immediately before first dorsal fin; scales absent immediately behind eye before transverse postocular papilla row; prepelvic area partly scaled immediately before pelvic origin, in 2-8 rows; usually no opercular scales, but rarely 1-5 small scales dorsally; no scales on; usually D2 I,10, A I,8, pectoral rays 19; transverse pattern of sensory papilla rows on cheek; pelvic fins connected to form a plate, but no interspinal membrane, the fifth ray with multiple branches, length about 75-80% of length of fourth ray; head and body brown with a distinct large black blotch at anterior base of first dorsal fin, and in life, head and body with very thin blue bands; no bands dorsally on caudal fin; mouth very oblique, jaws form an angle for 55°-60° with body axis .: fusiform / normal.

🌀 Behaviour

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🦐 Diet

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🥚 Reproduction

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🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; demersal; depth range 45 - 114 m . Tropical West Pacific: Thailand (Gulf of Thailand) Australia (WA to NT, Arafura Sea), Indonesia (New Guinea), and the Philippines (Samar Sea); probably widespread.

🌿 Ecology

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