Robust ribbongoby

Oxymetopon compressus

Fish Reaching Twenty Four Centimeters in Australian Waters

Robust ribbongoby is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 24 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Microdesmidae
Genus: Oxymetopon
Maximum length: 24 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: eastern Sumatra and Gulf of Thailand to Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby region) and Australia (Low Isles, Queensland), northward to southern China and Ryukyu Islands.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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