Purple-eye Goby

Bryaninops natans

Transparent, violet eye, yellowish gleaming ventral region.

Size : 2.5 cm

Habitat : In lagoons and outreefs, 7-25 m. Usually collects in small groups.

Distribution : Red Sea to SW Japan, Micronesia, GBR and Cook Islands.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Gobiiformes

FAMILY

:

Gobiidae

GENUS

:

Bryaninops

SPECIES

:

Bryaninops natans

Other Information

Population Status

Near Threatened (NT)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

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