Gobiodon

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Gobiodon

Gobiodon okinawae

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Gobiodon

Species

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Gobiodon is a genus of gobies also known as clown gobies or coral gobies. Generally, coral gobies, unlike the rest of the Gobiidae family, are not burrowers, but instead prefer to inhabit the branches of certain acropora or similar hard corals.

As a group, they have a general fusiform shape and are small, most ranging about 6 cm, though there are exceptions.

[edit] Species

G. acicularis, often confused with G. ceramensis
G. albofasciatus, the Whitelined coral goby [1]
G. albolineatus
G. atrangulatus , the Green clown goby, or the Earspot coral goby [2]
G. axillaris
G. brochus, the Velcro lips (sometimes confused with G. micropus)
G. ceramensis, the Black clown goby
G. citrinus, the Citron goby, the Poison goby, the Lemon coralgoby, or the Blue stripe goby [3]
G. erythrospilus
G. fulvus
G. heterospilos
G. histrio, the Blue-spotted coral goby, Green clown goby, or Broadbarred goby [4]
G. micropus
G. multilineatus
G. oculolineatus
G. okinawae, the Yellow clown goby
G. prolixus, a newly-discovered species from Australia [5]
G. quinquestrigatus, the Five-lined coral goby
G. reticulatus
G. rivulatus, the Rippled coral goby
G. spilophthalmus
G. unicolor, the Purple coral goby