Beautiful Hover Goby

Description: Characterized by pale grey body color; pale yellow stripe from eye to upper caudal fin base; presence of narrow blackish stripe middorsally from interorbital to upper edge of caudal fin base and continued onto caudal fin; broad black stripe on snout to lower caudal fin base, continued onto caudal fin; longitudinal scale series 66-78; head pores present around top and rear margin of each eye and two opercular pores (Ref. 90102).

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 13 - 15

Occurs in shallow coastal reefs and mangrove-lined inlets. Hovers in schools among branching corals or mangroves to a depth of about 4 m.

Occurs in shallow coastal reefs and mangrove-lined inlets. Hovers in schools among branching corals or mangroves to a depth of about 4 meters.