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Bathygobius cocosensis Cocos Frill-goby, Cocos Goby, Dusky Sand-goby, Padang Frill-goby

Bathygobius cocosensis is commonly referred to as Cocos Frill-goby, Cocos Goby, Dusky Sand-goby, Padang Frill-goby. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Robert Allen, Australien

Foto: Raja Ampat, West Papua


Courtesy of the author Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Robert Allen, Australien

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lexID:
17047 
AphiaID:
209216 
Scientific:
Bathygobius cocosensis 
German:
Kokos-Frillengrundel 
English:
Cocos Frill-goby, Cocos Goby, Dusky Sand-goby, Padang Frill-goby 
Category:
Gobidi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Gobiiformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Bathygobius (Genus) > cocosensis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bleeker, ), 1854 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, American Samoa, Australia, Bali, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, French Polynesia, Gilbert Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Hawaii, India, Indonesia, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Kenya, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Nauru, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Territory (Australia), Ogasawara Islands, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), Raja Amat, Rapa, Réunion , Rodriguez, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Sumatra, Taiwan, Tasman Sea, Thailand, the Cargados Carajos Shoals, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
0 - 10 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Marine / Salt Water, Rocky reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors, Sandy sea floors, Tide pools / rock pools, Unconsolidated muddy grounds 
Size:
up to 4.72" (12 cm) 
Temperature:
76.46 °F - 84.74 °F (24.7°C - 29.3°C) 
Food:
Amphipods, Copepods, Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish eggs, Frozen food (small sorts), Invertebrates, Living Food, Mysis, Pellets, Sea birds, Shrimps, Worms 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-12-08 12:05:05 

Info

Bathygobius cocosensis is a common goby that is a brown spotted goby with five irregular, alternating light and dark spots or saddle spots along the back, 5-7 rectangular brown spots along the underside and white spots and dots on the cheek and gill cover.

Through scientific research, it has been determined that Bathygobius cocosensis has the ability to return to a specific location that it once occupied.

Etymology
The species is named after the type locality: Cocos Island in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean.

Synonyms:
Bathygobius fuscus pulcher Fowler, 1945 · unaccepted
Bathygobius versicolor (Fowler, 1945) · unaccepted
Chlamydes versicolor Fowler, 1945 · unaccepted
Gobius cocosensis Bleeker, 1854 · unaccepted
Gobius elmeri Herre, 1940 · unaccepted
Gobius homocyanus Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875 · unaccepted
Gobius sandvicensis Günther, 1880 · unaccepted
Rhinogobius corallinus Jordan & Seale, 1906 · unaccepte

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.12.2024.
  2. Fishes of Australia (en). Abgerufen am 07.12.2024.
  3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.12.2024.

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