Paragobiodon xanthosoma

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Copyright JIm Greenfield, Foto: Ambon, Indonesien

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Yellow coral goby - Paragobiodon xanthosoma, 2019

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Foto: Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia

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Foto: Wairiang, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesien
Das Tier ist gerade einmal 5mm lang.
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lexID:: 9325
AphiaID:: 219539

Scientific:: Paragobiodon xanthosoma
German:: Korallengrundel
English:: Emerald Coral Goby, Emerald Goby, Golden Coralgoby, Yellow Coral Goby, Yellowgreen Coralgoby, Yellowskin Goby

Category:: Gobidi
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Paragobiodon (Genus) > xanthosoma (Species)
Initial determination:: (Bleeker, ), 1853

Occurrence:: The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Lord Howe Island, Ambon, Spratly Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Papua, Saudi Arabia, Gilbert Islands, Jordan, Wallis and Futuna, Israel, Kiribati, Moluccas, Africa occidentale, Australia, Bali, Borneo, Cina, Egitto, Fiji, Filippine, Giappone, Indonesia, Indopacifico, Isole Marshall, Isole Salomon, Kenia, Malesia, Micronesia, Nuova Caledonia, Oceano Indiano occidentale, Pacifico orientale, Papua Nuova Guinea, Samoa, Samoa americane, Seychelles, Sumatra, Taiwan, Timor Est, Tonga, Vanuatu
Sea depth:: 1 - 70 Meter
Size:: bis zu 4cm
Temperature:: 26°C - 29°C
Food:: Copepods, Artemia, Daphnia salina, invertebrati, Mysis, Naupli di artemia, zooplancton
Tank:: ~ 100 Liter
Difficulty:: Mediamente facile
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:

Paragobiodon xanthosomus
Korallengrundel

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-02-17 16:32:57
Last edit:: 2019-09-09 23:24:51

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(Bleeker, 1853)

Vers special thanks for the first two photos of Paragobiodon xanthosoma to Jim Greenfield.
Jim has taken his photos in 2014 aexclusively among branches of Seriatopora hystrix corals Ambon, Indonesia, where ist goby lives, usually in pairs.

The goby occur down to a depth of 70 meters.

Synonyms:
Gobius xanthosoma Bleeker, 1853
Paragobiodon xanthosomus (Bleeker, 1853)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobioidei (Suborder) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobiinae (Subfamily) > Paragobiodon (Genus) > Paragobiodon xanthosoma (Species)

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