Wrasses and Gobies
25 entries in the Wrasses and Gobies compendium.
Schindleria praematuraThe smallest and fastest maturing marine vertebrate, a paedomorphic goby.Humphead wrasseLargest wrasse, key reef predator, endangered by overfishing.Mediterranean rainbow wrasseA color-changing hermaphrodite of Mediterranean and Atlantic waters.Thalassoma bifasciatumA small, colorful cleaner wrasse of western Atlantic coral reefs.RhinogobiopsA monotypic goby genus with a distinctive black dorsal fin spot.Elacatinus puncticulatusA cleaner goby with vivid red and blue head coloration.Black-ray gobyA burrow-sharing goby that watches for danger while its shrimp partner digs.Torquigener albomaculosusA small pufferfish that builds geometric sand nests to attract mates.Elacatinus coliniA small goby with a bright white stripe, symbiotic with sponges.Queen corisA vibrantly colored wrasse from the Indian Ocean.Ornate wrasseA colorful wrasse of eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean waters.Lythrypnus dalliA small, colorful goby with bidirectional sex change and mild toxin.AmblyeleotrisLargest genus of shrimp gobies with a mutualistic shrimp partnership.Sixbar wrasseA reef-dwelling wrasse known for tool use in aquaria.Christmas wrasseA colorful wrasse of Indo-Pacific reefs, minor in fisheries but traded in aquaria.Pleurosicya mossambicaA small, translucent goby that lives among corals and sponges.Surge wrasseA colorful reef wrasse found in the surge zone of Indo-Pacific waters.GlossogobiusA widespread genus of gobies from Africa to the western Pacific.Grass gobyA commercial goby of Mediterranean and Black Sea waters.Saddle wrasseA Hawaiian wrasse with striking color changes and cultural importance.Torquigener pleurogrammaA toxic Australian toadfish with weeping cheek markings.Coris cuvieriA solitary wrasse of Indian Ocean and Red Sea reefs.Orangebelly gobyA rare goby known from only two specimens off Florida.GobiodonSmall, non-burrowing gobies that live among hard coral branches.VanderhorstiaA genus of gobies native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.
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