General Description
Body slender with a broad head, a small mouth and eyes close together. The gill opening on each side extends forward to below the gill cover. Body sandy brown becoming paler below, with darker brown and white speckling and a brown bar from the eye to above the middle of the jaws. Pairs of dark spots on the midside and narrow v-shaped white bars on lower sides. Males have a dark first dorsal fin with a pale margin. Body up to 9 cm.
Biology
One of several species of well-camouflaged sandy-brown gobies.
Distribution
Southern Australia.
Habitat
Sandy areas in bays and estuaries, often in association with seagrass beds in depths of 0-10 m.
More Information
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Animal Type
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Brief Id
A sandy-coloured fish with pairs of dark spots along the midsides and narrow white v-shaped bars on the lower sides.
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Colours
brown, Cream
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Maximum Size
9 cm
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Habitats
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Diet
Carnivore
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Diet Categories
Invertebrates
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Endemicity
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Commercial
No
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Depths
Shallow (1-30 m), Shore (0-1 m)
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Water Column Locations
On or near seafloor
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Taxon Name
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Scientific Author
(Macleay, 1881)
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Common Name
Southern Longfin Goby
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Species Name
lateralis
