Callogobius maculipinnis

(Fowler, 1918)

Ostrich Goby

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea, Philippines, Guam and Marshall Islands.

Size: 3 inches (7 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits areas of heavy coral growth and usually found at depths between 10 – 100 feet (3 – 30 m) where it lives in small burrows and feeds upon zooplankton.

General Husbandry: Not normally collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

Order: Perciformes

Suborder: Gobioidei

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Callogobius

FYI: Shown here for identification only.