Girdled Goby

Nesogobius maccullochi

Sea Life Native IUCN: Not Evaluated

About

A small sandy to grey coloured fish with scattered white and brown flecks; a black bar from eye across middle of jaws; a black vertical bar from eye to just behind rear end of jaw; vertical bar on gill cover; midside with 4-6 horizontally elongate dark brown spots; a round black spot at rear end of caudal peduncle, followed by and often connected to black vertical mark at tail base.

Size

Can grow to around 90mm

Habitat

Often found in sandy tidal pools along the beach and estuaries, in depths of 0-5 m

Distribution

Mostly south-eastern Australia including around Tasmania

Local Sightings

1 recorded sighting in and around the area.

References & citations (2)
  1. Bray, D.J. & Gomon, M.F., 2011, Girdled Goby, Nesogobius maccullochi, in Taxonomic Toolkit for marine life of Port Phillip Bay, Museum Victoria (accessed 2021-10-23 14:07:54)
  2. The Atlas of Living Australia (accessed 2021-10-23 14:08:26)

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