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| Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrate > fishes > Family Gobiidae |
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acropora goby Gobiodon histrio Family Gobiidae updated Aug 10 Where seen? Seen once at Sisters Islands. Features: To about 4cm. This fish lives among the branches of acropora hard corals. A study showed that this fish almost never leaves its coral home and stays despite low oxygen levels in the water and even when the coral is exposed at low tide. To do so, the fish is able to breathe air! It has a large rounded head and the body patterns are believed to be variable. Members of the genus Gobiodon produce a bitter mucus. |
 Sisters Islands, Dec 05 |
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Broad-barred acropora gobies on Singapore shores
 Sisters Island, Mar 06  |
 Pulau Hantu, Jan 10 
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