Hector's goby

Hector's goby
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Gobioidei
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Koumansetta
Species: K. hectori
Binomial name
Koumansetta hectori
(J. L. B. Smith, 1957)
Synonyms
  • Seychellea hectori J. L. B. Smith, 1957
  • Amblygobius hectori (J. L. B. Smith, 1957)

Koumansetta hectori, Hector's goby, is a species of goby native to the Indian Ocean (including the Red Sea) to the islands of Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. It can be found on sheltered coral reefs at depths of from 3 to 30 metres (9.8 to 98.4 ft) (though usually between 5 to 20 metres (16 to 66 ft)). This species reaches a length of 8.5 centimetres (3.3 in) SL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Koumansetta hectori" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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