ANIMAL SPECIES:Blotched Sand Goby, Fusigobius inframaculatus (Randall, 1994)
The Blotched Sand Goby can be recognised by its transparent body and distinct coloured blotches. It isusually found over sandy and rubble covered substrates.
Alternative Name/s
Also known as an Interspotted Sandgoby.Identification
The Blotched Sand Goby can be recognised by its transparent body with orange spots. There is a distinct white blotch, followed by a black blotch laterally on the caudal peduncle.
Size range
The species grows to 7.5 cm in length.Distribution
The Australian distribution of this species is based on specimens in museums from Raine Island, Queensland to Escape Reef, Queensland.
The fish in the image was photographed by Ian Shaw at North Solitary Island, New South Wales, well south of this recorded distribution.
Habitat
Usually found over sandy or rubble substrates at a depth between 1.5 m - 15 m.
Classification
- Species:
- inframaculatus
- Genus:
- Fusigobius
- Family:
- Gobiidae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
References
- Myers, R.F. 1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes. Coral Graphics. Pp. 330. (as Coryphopterus sp B)
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557. (as Coryphopterus sp)
- Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and Shore Fishes of the South Pacific: New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawai'i Press. Pp. 584.
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A Blotched Sand Goby at North Solitary Island View full size
Ian Shaw
© Ian Shaw
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