Old Glory

Koumansetta rainfordi

Five orange, dark-edged horizontal stripes. A row of white flecks on the back. Eyespot on the back of the dorsal fin and black spot above the tail root.

Size : 6 cm

Habitat : Above coral and stony coral in bays and outreefs, 3-30 m.

Distribution : Indonesia and the Philippines to Marshall Islands, NW Australia, GBR and Fiji.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Gobiiformes

FAMILY

:

Gobiidae

GENUS

:

Koumansetta

SPECIES

:

Koumansetta rainfordi

Other Information

Population Status

Least Concern (LC)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner