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Updated 1/27/2013

Family Gobiidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Bryaninops yongei

Haleiwa Harbor, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Wakatobi, Indonesia, 130 feet

Portlock, Oahu, 30 feet

Juvenile, Hawaii Kai, Oahu

WIRE-CORAL GOBY

Frequent on the Wire Coral Cirrhipathes anguina at scuba depths.  Clear with several red triangular markings.  Attains 1.5 inch.  Lays eggs on a section of coral where polyps were removed.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.  Formerly known as Cottogobius yongei.