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Black coral goby (Bryaninops tigris)
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Black coral goby (Bryaninops tigris) specimen
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Gobiidae

Black coral goby

Bryaninops tigris

Goby beneath the Hawaiian Islands

  • Black
  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Oceania
  • South Asia
  • Southeast Asia
  • West Asia
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Black coral goby is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 2.5 cm.

Family
Gobiidae
Maximum length
2.5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Known from the Society Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Palau (Myers, 1999), Solomon Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Ryukyu Islands (Senou et al. , 2004), Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia (Randall, 2005), Chagos Archipelago, Maldive Islands (Kuiter, 1998), and Oman (Randall, 1995). Reported as a first record for the Red Sea from an underwater photograph taken by Sven Kahlbrock off Hurghada, Egypt (Ref. 89154 ). Maldives (Ref. 30829 ) and Chagos Archipelago to the Hawaiian Islands.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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