Fire Dartfish

Nemateleotris magnifica

White front, red body rear, dark tail root.

Size : 8 cm

Habitat : Prefer outer reef slopes, 5-60 m. Adults usually in pairs. Usually hovers a half-metre above sand or rubble ground and feeds on plankton. Frequently snaps the long first fin ray up and down.

Distribution : East Africa to SW Japan, Hawaii, New Caledonia and French Polynesia.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Gobiiformes

FAMILY

:

Microdesmidae

GENUS

:

Nemateleotris

SPECIES

:

Nemateleotris magnifica

Other Information

Population Status

Least Concern (LC)

PHOTO COLLECTION

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Reference

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