Ornate goby

The Ornate goby lives in the reef-associated, brackish, marine, depth range 0 - 2 m environment.

* Ornate goby (Istigobius ornatus) Lim, Kelvin K. P. & Jeffrey K. Y. Low, 1998. A Guide to the Common Marine Fishes of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre. 163 pp. More

The Ornate Goby, Istigobius ornatus (Rupell 1830) in an aquarium, Fiji and N. Sulawesi. More

most members of this genus, the Ornate goby is found as a single individual in the wild. Photo courtesy of Robert A. Patzner, Austria. In the Home Aquarium Maintenance of these sand-dwelling gobies is rather simple, provided the aquarist offers them the proper habitat. More

Common names

Bia in Tagalog
Cá B?ng ch?m hoa in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Cá bong in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Cá Bống chấm hoa in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
ika vatu in Fijian (vosa Vakaviti)
Jibalan in Marshall
Jibalan in Marshallese (Kajin M̧ajeļ)
Kazarihaze in Japanese (日本語)
Korutokko in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Mano'o in Samoan (gagana fa'a Samoa)
Oorlaide dikkop in Afrikaans
ornate goby in English
妆饰细棘鰕虎鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
妝飾細棘鰕虎魚 in Mandarin Chinese
飾銜鯊 in Mandarin Chinese
飾銜鰕虎魚 in Mandarin Chinese
饰衔鰕虎鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
饰衔鲨 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Gobiidae
Genus : Istigobius
Species : Istigobius ornatus
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