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Gobiodon

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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Gobiinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Gobiidae

Scientific name
  
Gobiodon

Higher classification
  
Goby

Order
  
Perciformes

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Lower classifications
  
Yellow clown goby, Gobiodon citrinus, Violet goby, Gobiodon atrangulatus, Gobiodon acicularis

Green coral goby or clown goby gobiodon atrangulatus


Gobiodon is a genus of gobies also known as coral gobies or "clown gobies" (which can also mean the related genus Microgobius). Generally, coral gobies, unlike the rest of the Gobiidae family, are not burrowers, but instead prefer to inhabit the branches of certain Acropora or similar hard corals.

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Gobiodon Fish Identification

As a group, they have a general fusiform shape and are small, most ranging about 6 cm, though there are exceptions.

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Species

There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus:

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  • Gobiodon acicularis Harold & R. Winterbottom, 1995 (Needlespine coral goby)
  • Gobiodon albofasciatus Sawada & R. Arai, 1972 (Whitelined coral goby)
  • Gobiodon aoyagii Shibukawa, T. Suzuki & Aizawa, 2013
  • Gobiodon ater Herler, Bogorodsky & T. Suzuki, 2013 (Black coralgoby)
  • Gobiodon atrangulatus Garman, 1903
  • Gobiodon axillaris De Vis, 1884
  • Gobiodon bilineatus Herler, Bogorodsky & T. Suzuki, 2013 (Two-lined coralgoby)
  • Gobiodon brochus Harold & R. Winterbottom, 1999
  • Gobiodon ceramensis (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell, 1838) (Poison goby)
  • Gobiodon fulvus Herre, 1927
  • Gobiodon fuscoruber Herler, Bogorodsky & T. Suzuki, 2013 (Brown-red coralgoby)
  • Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker, 1856
  • Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes, 1837) (Broad-barred goby)
  • Gobiodon irregularis Herler, Bogorodsky & T. Suzuki, 2013 (Rufous coralgoby)
  • Gobiodon micropus Günther, 1861
  • Gobiodon multilineatus H. L. Wu, 1979
  • Gobiodon oculolineatus H. L. Wu, 1979
  • Gobiodon okinawae Sawada, R. Arai & T. Abe, 1972 (Okinawa goby)
  • Gobiodon prolixus R. Winterbottom & Harold, 2005
  • Gobiodon quinquestrigatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Five-lined coral goby)
  • Gobiodon reticulatus Playfair (fr), 1867 (Reticulate goby)
  • Gobiodon rivulatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Rippled coral goby)
  • Gobiodon spilophthalmus Fowler, 1944
  • Gobiodon winterbottomi T. Suzuki, Ko. Yano & Senou, 2012

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    Gobiodon Rippled coralgoby Gobiodon rivulatus in aquarium

    Gobiodon FileGobiodon histrio 612011 030 bjpg Wikimedia Commons

    References

    Gobiodon Wikipedia


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