Wrasses and Gobies, Part 2
33 entries in the Wrasses and Gobies, Part 2 compendium.
SchindleriaTiny, transparent reef fishes retaining larval traits into adulthood.Two-spotted gobyA small goby with lateral eyes and a black tail spot.Jansen's wrasseA colorful wrasse from Indian and Pacific Oceans.Striated wrasseA small, secretive wrasse with red fluorescence and fine white lines.Pleurosicya micheliA tiny translucent goby inhabiting hard coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific.Elacatinus figaroA Brazilian endemic goby that cleans other fish.Eight-lined wrasseA solitary wrasse that sleeps in a mucus cocoon.Tigrigobius multifasciatusA small, brightly colored goby popular in reef aquaria.Spiny blaasopA small pufferfish, sole member of the genus Tylerius.XyrichtyinaeRazorfishes are sand-dwelling wrasses with blade-like bodies.Elacatinus chanceiA sponge-dwelling goby with a distinctive yellow and black stripe.Black-barred wrasseA southwestern Pacific wrasse often mistaken for Jansen's wrasse.Pelagic gobyA goby that hides in jellyfish tentacles and thrives in toxic mud.Leiodon cutcutiaA freshwater pufferfish reclassified from Tetraodon to Leiodon in 2013.Amblyrhynchotes honckeniiA toxic pufferfish that buries in sand and inflates when startled.Gobiosoma boscA scaleless goby with fused pelvic fins, found in brackish waters.OplopomusA genus of Indo-Pacific gobies with pungent dorsal fin rays.Vanderhorstia mertensiA goby native to the Indo-Pacific, now established in the Eastern Mediterranean.Elacatinus horstiA small goby that lives with sponges and eats parasitic worms.Sandager's wrasseA reef-dwelling wrasse from the southwestern Pacific.Palatogobius grandoculusA deepwater goby with exceptionally large eyes and a short snout.Amblygobius sphynxA reef goby that sifts sand for crustaceans and gastropods.Colomesus psittacusA euryhaline puffer with thin black bands and a toxic liver.TomiyamichthysA genus of gobies from the Indo-Pacific named for ichthyologist Itiro Tomiyama.Broomtail wrasseA colorful wrasse with a broom-like tail, found on coral reefs.Cheilinus fasciatusA wrasse long placed in Cheilinus, now sister to slingjaw wrasses.Carpenter's flasher wrasseA reef-dwelling wrasse known for its vivid flashing display.Transparent gobyA small pelagic goby valued in Mediterranean cuisines.ValencienneaSmall gobies that glide above sand and sift it for food.Comb wrasseA wrasse with a comb-like stripe that acts as a cleaner fish.Randall's prawn gobyA small goby with orange stripes and a black-and-white eye-spot.Gobiosoma ginsburgiA small goby of the U.S. Atlantic coast.VaricusA genus of gobies native to the western Atlantic.
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