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unusual facts about goby


Goby

Their range extends from the Old World coral reefs to the seas of the New World, and includes the rivers and near-shore habitats of Europe and Asia.


Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata

Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata is a species of goby found on reefs or in sea grass beds in the western Pacific from New Caledonia to the Great Barrier Reef and around New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Bellotti's goby

Gobius ater, Bellotti's goby, is a species of goby native to the Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands and the Gulf of Lion to Nice and Sardinia.

Burrowing goby

Trypauchen vagina, a species of goby found in the Indo-Pacific region

Croilia mossambica, also known as the naked goby, a species of goby native to Mozambique and South Africa

Cameroon goby

Wheelerigobius wirtzi, the Cameroon goby, is a species of goby native to the Atlantic coast of Africa where it is so far known from Victoria Bay, Cameroon and São Tomé Island.

Eastern tubenose goby

Proterorhinus nasalis, the Eastern tubenose goby, is a species of goby native to fresh and brackish waters of the basins of the Sea of Azov and the Caspian Sea and has invaded the upper reaches of the Volga River from its native occurrence in the delta.

Elacatinus chancei

The shortstripe goby lives in association with a tubular sponge such as Verongia aerophoba or a massive sponge such as Neofibularia nolitangere.

Favonigobius lateralis

Favonigobius lateralis is a species of goby native to coastal waters of eastern Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand where it can be found in marine and brackish waters of sandy estuaries.

Giant goby

In the UK, the giant goby is known only from the coasts of south-west England between Wembury and the Isles of Scilly.

Gobiodon citrinus

Gobiodon citrinus, the Poison Goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean from the Red Sea and the coast of Africa to the western Pacific Ocean to Japan, Samoa and the Great Barrier Reef.

Gobiodon histrio

Gobiodon histrio, the Broad-barred goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean from the Red sea to the western Pacific Ocean to southern Japan, Samoa and the Great Barrier Reef.

O. roseus

Odontamblyopus roseus, an eel goby species found in muddy-bottomed coastal waters along the west coast of India

O'opu naniha

Stenogobius hawaiiensis is a species of goby endemic to the Hawaiian Islands where it can be found in marine, brackish and fresh waters.

Oxyeleotris marmorata

Oxyeleotris marmorata, the Marble Goby, is a widely distributed species of sleeper goby native to fresh and brackish waters of the Mekong and Chao Praya basins as well as rivers and other water bodies in Malaysia, Singapore, Indochina, Philippines and Indonesia.

Pair bond

A University of Florida scientist reports that male sand gobies work harder at building nests and taking care of eggs when females are present – the first time such "courtship parental care" has been documented in any species.

Pascua caudilinea

Pascua caudilinea, the Pascua goby, is a species of goby endemic to the waters around Easter Island.

Priolepis aureoviridis

Priolepis aureoviridis, the Yellow-green goby, is a species of goby native to the central Pacific Ocean where it is known to occur in Micronesia, Johnston Atoll and the Hawaiian Islands.

San Gregorio Creek

Four special-status animal species - California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii), coho salmon, steelhead trout, and tidewater goby are the focus of a June, 2010 Watershed Management Plan.

Stigmatogobius sadanundio

Stigmatogobius sadanundio is a species of goby native to south Asia from India to Indonesia including Sri Lanka and the Andaman Islands.

Tidewater goby

The genus name translates as "true cycloid goby", referring to the scales, while the species epithet is in honor of J. S. Newberry.


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