Gobiodon
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Coral goby in an acropora |
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| Gobiodon | ||||||||||||
| Bleeker , 1856 |
Gobiodon is a genus of fish from the family of gobies . The species of this genus live in the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific, hidden in knotty hard corals (Scleractinia) of the genus Acropora and the family Pocilloporidae , often associated with fur clumps and porcelain crabs . The bad swimmers live constantly between the branches and defend the corals against predators such as butterfly fish and filefish. To spawn, they gnaw off a small piece of coral tissue and glue their eggs to the bald spot. The skin of the coral gobies is scaly and covered with a poisonous slime that protects them from predators . They grow to be 2 to 6.5 centimeters. Coral gobies live on zooplankton , including those that the coral polyps have already caught for their own consumption.
species
- Gobiodon acicularis
- Black and white coral goby ( Gobiodon albofasciatus )
- Gobiodon albolineatus
- Gobiodon aoyagii Shibukawa et al., 2013
- Gobiodon ater
- Gobiodon atrangulatus
- Gobiodon axillaris
- Gobiodon bilineatus
- Gobiodon brochus
- Gobiodon ceramensis
- Lemon goby ( Gobiodon citrinus )
- Gobiodon erythrospilus
- Gobiodon fulvus
- Gobiodon fuscoruber
- Gobiodon heterospilos
- Blaupunkt coral goby ( Gobiodon histrio )
- Gobiodon irregularis
- Gobiodon micropus
- Gobiodon multilineatus
- Gobiodon oculolineatus
- Okinawa goby , yellow coral goby ( Gobiodon okinawae )
- Five-striped goby , brown coral goby ( Gobiodon quinquestrigatus )
- Gobiodon reticulatus
- Red-stripe goby ( Gobiodon rivulatus )
- Gobiodon spilophthalmus
- Black-stripe coral goby ( Gobiodon unicolor )
The genus Paragobiodon is closely related , the head of which is covered with small spines and which also has the same way of life.
literature
- Atakan Sver: Coral gobies in the reef aquarium , in KORALLE, marine aquaristic specialist magazine, No. 6 December / January 2000/2001, Natur und Tier Verlag Münster, ISSN 1439-779X
