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Valenciennea puellaris, the Orange-spotted sleeper-goby, Orange-dashed goby, or Maiden goby, Diamond Watchman goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits lagoons and outer reefs where it occurs on sandy substrates with larger pieces of rubble to burrow under.
Goby is a common name for many species of small to medium sized ray-finned fish, normally with large heads and tapered bodies, which are found in marine, brackish and freshwater environments.
The northern tidewater goby prefers salinities of less than 10 ppt. Juveniles have been found as far upstream as 12 km, e.g. in Ten Mile River, Mendocino County, and San Antonio Creek and the Santa Ynez River, Santa Barbara County, sometimes in sections of stream impounded by California Golden beavers (Castor canadensis subauratus) which ...
The generation length of the Dalhousie Goby is half a year. [1] Like other goby species, the Dalhousie Goby are an omnivorous species. The majority of their diet consists of thread-like algae. [4] Based on the known feeding habits of other gobies, the Dalhousie Goby are likely bottom feeders, feeding on smaller crustaceans and insects. [1]
The violet goby (Gobioides broussonnetii) is a species of goby native to marine, fresh and brackish waters near the Atlantic coast of North and South America from South Carolina in the United States of America, to northern Brazil. It prefers bays, estuaries and river mouths with muddy substrates. [2] It is often marketed as the dragon goby or ...
The crested goby is a small but stout fish, reaching a maximum length of 10 cm (3.9 in). [2] Its body appears compressed and a crest extends back from the middle of its eyes. They have six dorsal spines with the fourth spine being the longest, and 16–20 pectoral fin rays which reach beyond the start of the anal fin in adults.
Lythrypnus dalli (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Bluebanded goby) Lythrypnus elasson J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Dwarf goby) Lythrypnus gilberti (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) (Galapagos blue-banded goby) Lythrypnus heterochroma Ginsburg, 1939 (Diphasic goby) Lythrypnus insularis W. A. Bussing, 1990 (Distant goby) Lythrypnus lavenbergi W. A. Bussing ...
The seaboard goby occurs on the Atlantic Coast of the United States, ranging north from Massachusetts to Georgia, being recorded most frequently from New Jersey to the southern end of its range. Although it has been recorded to be found up to depths of 45m, it is more commonly found in the depth range of 2–9 m deep.