Nineline goby

The Nineline goby lives in the reef-associated, marine environment.

The nineline goby, which hides under sea urchins, can fall prey to long-snouted predators like trumpetfishes, that can delve between the spines of the urchin. More

the nineline goby (Ginsburgellus novemlineatus) shelters on rocks beneath the test, or outer skeleton, of the sea urchin (Echinometra locunter) and feeds on the tube feet of the urchin. More

Common names

Góbido rayado in Spanish (español)
gobio nueve rayas in Spanish (español)
Neonraitatokko in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Nine-lined goby in English
Nineline goby in English
ninelined goby in English
八紋金氏鰕虎魚 in Mandarin Chinese
八纹金氏鰕虎鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Gobiidae
Genus : Ginsburgellus
Species : Ginsburgellus novemlineatus
Authority : Fowler, 1950