Seawhip Goby (species: Bryaninops yongei) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Bryaninops yongei
Seawhip Goby


©Erika Gress: Bryaninops yongei on a sea whip at Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Bryaninops yongei in the lagoon entrance channel, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: One of two individuals of Bryaninops yongei on the same wire coral Cirrhipathes sp. 1 at about 5 metres depth in the Lizard Island lagoon.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Gobiidae
Genus Bryaninops
Species Bryaninops yongei

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

              

Distinguishing features

Small translucent goby with brownish lower body and a few diffuse bars; always associated with wire coral (Allen et al, 2005).

Size

  • Up to 3.7 cm (Total length (Allen and Erdmann, 2012))

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen and M.V. Erdmann, G.R. (2012). Reef fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III in: Reef fishes of the East Indies. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. LIRS catalog number 90162.
  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.