Red Sea goby

Silhouettea aegyptia

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

The Red Sea goby (Silhouettea aegyptia) is a species of true goby from the family Gobiidae. It was once a species confined to the Red Sea but it has colonised the Suez Canal and the south-eastern Mediterranean by Lessepsian migration.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Silhouettea
Maximum length: 5 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea, including the Suez Canal.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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