FreshwaterBrackishSaltwater
Rippled coralgoby
Gobiodon rivulatus
Gobiidae, Gobiinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 6.4 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 11 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Fiji, and 26 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Marine species usually living on coral reefs but also recorded from pools, freshwater streams or lagoon mouths. Preys on copepods. Found on tabletop Acropora corals; a coral-commensal species. Monogamous. The male takes care of eggs deposited on a coral branch. Has the ability to change sex in both directions to favor reproductive success.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Gobiodon albolineatus
- Gobiodon ceramensis
- Gobiodon citrinus
- Gobiodon riculatus
- Gobiodon rivulatus rivulatus
- Gobius ceramensis
In other languages
- Red-spotted coral goby, Rippled coral goby
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