Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. Characterized by plain blackish color of adult; juvenile with white body and pair of black stripes; head and tail with dark spots; absence of scales; complete pelvic fin frenum and basal membrane; depth of body at level of pelvic fins 3.7 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Gobiodon

Species: Gobiodon heterospilos Bleeker, 1856

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); A coral-commensal species (Ref. 72446). Solitary or in groups. Also found in sheltered lagoons and coastal reefs in 3-20 m (Ref 90102).

Habitat

associated