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Koumansetta hectori
Synonyms: Amblygobius hectori, Seychellea hectori
Environment: Reef-associated; marine, usually 5 - 20 m (Ref. 27115)
Size/Weight/Age: Max length : 8.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637)
Distribution: Tropical; 22°C - 30°C (Ref. 27115); 30°N - 2°N
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Aldabra, Seychelles, Ryukyu Islands, Yaeyama Islands; Palau, Truk, and Pohnpei in Micronesia.
Description: Dorsalspines (total): 7; Dorsalsoft rays (total): 15-16; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 15 - 16. Has a similar pattern to that of A. rainfordi, but is bluish-black rather than green, with yellow longitudinal stripes and a chain of ocelli from the base of the second dorsal fin to the upper caudal rays.
Biology: Inhabits sheltered bays and inner reefs on fine rubble shaded by large living corals (Ref. 48637). Occurs solitarily, hovering a short distance above sandy bottoms of reef bases. Stomach contents of one specimen comprise of filamentous algae, harpacticoid copepods, ostracods, amphipods, and nematodes (Ref. 9360).
Data Sheet: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=7242
WoRMS Link: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist&tName=Koumansetta hectori
 Has Successfully been bred and raised in captivity
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Hector's goby
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Koumansetta rainfordi
Synonyms: Amblygobius rainfordi
Environment: Reef-associated; marine; depth range 2 - 30 m (Ref. 27115), usually 3 - 30 m (Ref. 27115)
Size/Weight/Age: Max length : 8.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637)
Distribution: Tropical; 22°C - 30°C (Ref. 27115); 19°N - 24°S
Western Pacific: Philippines south to Rowley Shoals and the southern Great Barrier Reef and east to Fiji (Ref. 37816). Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797).
Description: Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11
Biology: Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms of turbid coastal reefs (Ref. 1602) to depths pf 20m (Ref. 48637). Does not appear to use a burrow and seen in areas with coral growth (Ref. 1602).
Data Sheet: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=5478
WoRMS Link: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist&tName=Koumansetta rainfordi
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Rainford's Goby, Old glory
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Kuhlia mugil
Synonyms: Sciaena mugil, Dules taeniurus, Kuhlia taeniura, Perca argentea, Dules argenteus, Dules bennetti, Kuhlia arge, Kuhlia sterneckii, Dules taeniurus malpeloensis
Environment: Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 18 m (Ref. 5227). Tropical; 32°N - 32°S
Size/Weight/Age: Max length : 40.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4967); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30573)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the eastern Pacific, north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales and Lord Howe Island. Absent from Easter Island, Pitcairn, Marquesas, Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Island.
Description: Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10 - 12. Preorbital serrae 11-14; body depth 2.75-3.05 in SL; caudal concavity 1.85-2.6 in head length; Silvery, the front of snout and chin blackish; caudal fin white with a median dark stripe and two broad oblique black bands across each lobe, the lobe tips white; a dusky band in outer part of soft portion of dorsal fin except for white tip of high anterior part. Juveniles (2.0-3.0 cm SL) have the median and outer black bands in the caudal fin lobes, but the middle band is represented only by a black spot basally in the outer part of each lobe (Ref. 41640).
Biology: Tightly packed schools occur along the reef margin of rocky shorelines, from just below the breaking surf to a depth of a few meters. Young commonly in tide pools (Ref. 41640). Sometimes found in estuaries but reported to never enter freshwater environments (Ref. 41640). Feeds on free-swimming crustaceans and small fishes at night (Ref. 5213). Utilized fresh or dried salted (Ref. 7271).
Data Sheet: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/5790
WoRMS Link: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist&tName=Kuhlia mugil
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