Zigzag pygmygoby
📖 Overview
Occurs in mid to outer barrier reefs, but much more common on outer barrier islands . Also found in caves and crevices .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 26. This species is characterized by the following: reduced predorsal scales, usually not crossing the midline (midline naked or partly naked); cycloid scales at sides of nape reaching to above a point between posterior margin of operculum and eyes; no scales on cheeks nor opercles; pectoral base usually fully scaled, posterodorsal 2 scales slightly enlarged; prepelvic covered with small cycloid scales in 5-6 rows; interorbital narrow, with moderate groove; groove absent or very shallow behind eyes (shallow between eyes and absent behind eyes in juveniles); a low distinct ridge at posterior end of interorbital; gill opening extending forward to below posterior margin of pupil; nape crest low from first dorsal origin to above posterior opercular margin, reaching to the shallow median groove; groove extending to just behind eyes; pectoral rays unbranched or with 1-5 rays branched at extreme tips; fifth pelvic ray unbranched, rest of rays with 2 terminal tips; D2 usually I,9; A usually I,8; pelvic fins largely separate, connected only at base; fins widely separate, distance between 2 fins greater than base of single pelvic fin; pelvic scale covering membrane, with fifth ray about one-fourth to one-half length of fourth ray; dark brown spot or bar extending posteroventrally from eye, body with irregular brown interconnecting bars, forming zigzag pattern .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Zigzag pygmygoby is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Zigzag pygmygoby is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Zigzag pygmygoby is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 55 m . Tropical Indian Ocean and from Japan, Marshall and Mariana Islands to Samoa and Australia in the Pacific.
🌿 Ecology
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