#gobiidae

When new species are introduced to an ecosystem, the effects can sometimes be complicated. Round gobies are an invasive species in the Great Lakes region of North America, but they themselves are one of the primary predators of another invasive species, the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)! A single round goby can eat up to 40 zebra mussels in a day, which scientists believe can help to reduce the spread of zebra mussels in the region.

A yellow-green goby (Priolepis aureoviridis) in Lembeh, Indonesia

Gobiodon spadix, a new coral goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from southern Japan

Masayuki C. Sato & Hiroyuki Motomura

Abstract

Gobiodon spadix sp. nov. is described on the basis of 37 specimens from Kyushu, and the Osumi and Tokara Islands, southern Japan. The new species is characterized by the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays VI-I, 9–11 (modally 9); anal-fin rays I, 8 or 9 (8); pectoral-fin rays 19–21 (20); body depth at pelvic-fin origin 32.4–38.3% (mean 36.0%) of standard length; distance between first dorsal-fin origin to dorsal-most point of pectoral-fin base 50.4–64.8% (55.2%) of head length (HL); pectoral fin relatively long, its length 90.6–112.5% (100.8%) of HL; groove between isthmus and interopercle absent; body uniformly reddish-brown; coloration of all fins darker than that of body; and five narrow vertical bluish stripes on lateral surface of head. The new species is currently known from southern Japan, Papua New Guinea, and northeastern Australia.

hello my dears... have you ever seen these little fishes at the beach?

gobies are an abundant resident on many beaches with sandy shores but most people dont know they live there. theyre SUPER good with camouflage and dart across the water once they feel any movement or sense any shadows. and because theyre so well disguised its easy to miss them even as they dart through shallow water since they just look like a ripple

Twin-spot goby (Signigobius biocellatus) off the coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia

Shige Goby Cryptocentrus shigensis

A marine fish from the Pacific and Indian Oceans, found from southern Japan to the Andaman Islands.

Least Concern

Common Goby, well camouflaged.

14/09/23 - Bathygobius sp.