Image Bank - Fishes
Desert Goby
Reference |
IB2546 |
Category |
Fishes |
Family Name |
Gobies - GOBIIDAE |
Common Name |
Desert Goby |
Scientific Name |
Chlamydogobius eremius |
Artist Name |
Roger Swainston |
Notes |
Gobies are very common on Australian coral reefs and in nearby sand and rubble areas. Some, such as the Coral Gobies, live within colonies of Acropora and other branching corals, never leaving the shelter they provide. Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia |