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Neon/Cleaner Gobies, Shrimp/Watchman Gobies, Sifter/Sleeper Gobies/Valenciennea,
Sleeper Gobies/Eleotridae, Mudskippers, Dartfishes (family Microdesmidae, subfamily
Ptereleotrinae), Fresh to Brackish Water
Gobioids, Gobioids, and
the similar-appearing Blennioids,
"True"
or Combtooth Gobies, the Family Gobiidae, Part 2
Part 1,
Part 3, Part 4, Part
5
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By Bob Fenner
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Genus Exyrias:
| Exyrias puntang (Bleeker 1851), the Puntang
Goby. Western Pacific; Andaman Sea, Japan, Australia, Fiji. To 14
cm. Spotted first dorsal fin is indicative. Found in freshwater
run-off, tide-pools. N. Sulawesi image. |
 
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Genus Eviota: Small and often beautiful. Thirty
five described species, with many more to go.
| Evitota nigriventris. S. Sulawesi pix. |
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| Eviota prasites Jordan & Seale 1906, the
Prasites Goby. West Pacific; Moluccas to Samoa. To less than an
inch in length. This one photographed off of Queensland,
Australia. |
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| Eviota sebreei Jordan & Seale 1906,
Sebree's Pygmy Goby. Indo-Pacific; Red Sea to Samoa, to the
northern GBR, Micronesians. To less than an inch in total length.
This one perched on a Porites coral in Pulau Redang,
Malaysia. |
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Bigger PIX:
The images in this table are linked
to large (desktop size) copies. Click on "framed" images
to go to the larger size. |
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Genus Fusigobius:
Genus Gnatholepis: Seven species of great sand
sifters.
| Gnatholepis cauerensis Bleeker 1853, the
Eyebar Goby, for distinctive vertical band through the eye. Indo-Pacific; South Africa to Hawai'i. To three
inches in length. This one in the Maldives in the Indian
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Bigger PIX:
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| Gnatholepis thompsoni Jordan 1904, the
Goldspot Goby. Tropical Atlantic; Bermuda to Venezuela, Ascension,
St. Helena Islands. This one in the Bahamas. To about three inches
in length. A sand-sifter. |
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Part 1,
Part 3, Part 4,
Part 5
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