Rudie Hermann Kuiter, Aquatic Photographics, Australien
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The males of Nesogobius greeni are brown, greenish or gray mottled, with a dark lower part of the head, 6 - 8 small dark spots along the midline, a series of light dashes just below the midline, diagonal stripes on the dorsal fins and a dark chevron-shaped bar at the end of the caudal peduncle.
Females have 1-3 dark vertical bars with white spaces below the first dorsal fin and black pelvic fins.
The underside of the head is often dark gray to black, an irregular diffuse dark brown spot extends from the eye to the middle of the jaw and a vertically elongated spot runs below the eye.
The body is marked with 6-8 small dark brown to black spots on the midline, the dorsal midline is often marked with black spots above each mid-spot.
Just below the midline, white dashes can be seen, the rear end of the tail stock and tail fin base is provided with a chevron-shaped spot, sometimes interrupted in 2-3 spots at the tips of the triangle.
Females have 1-3 dark brown vertical bars with white spaces below the first dorsal fin.
The body shows scattered mottling, often in irregular longitudinal lines.
The first dorsal fin has 2 black, irregular, sloping bands and orange spaces.
The second dorsal fin has irregular, sloping, orange to brown stripes.
The anal fin is gray, the caudal fin is clear to gray, the pectoral and pelvic fins are clear to white in males, and the pelvic fin is almost black in females.
The pectoral fin has a dorsal elongated brown spot.
Similar species: Nesogobius pulchellus, the two gobies are similar in coloration and body shape.
Both species are often observed together in one place.
It differs from Nesogobius pulchellus in the absence of the second dorsal and anal fin spines (present in Nesogobius pulchellus) and in the low first dorsal fin, which is lower than the second dorsal fin (unlike the first dorsal fin, which is usually higher than the second dorsal fin).
Habitat: Gobies usually live on sandy areas near seagrass meadows and near rocky reefs.
Etymology:
The generic name “Nesogobius” is composed of the Greek word “nessa” = island and the Latin word “gobius” = goby.
Etymology: Named after R.H. Green of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, Tasmania, who collected a large part of the material used to describe Nesogobius greeni.
Females have 1-3 dark vertical bars with white spaces below the first dorsal fin and black pelvic fins.
The underside of the head is often dark gray to black, an irregular diffuse dark brown spot extends from the eye to the middle of the jaw and a vertically elongated spot runs below the eye.
The body is marked with 6-8 small dark brown to black spots on the midline, the dorsal midline is often marked with black spots above each mid-spot.
Just below the midline, white dashes can be seen, the rear end of the tail stock and tail fin base is provided with a chevron-shaped spot, sometimes interrupted in 2-3 spots at the tips of the triangle.
Females have 1-3 dark brown vertical bars with white spaces below the first dorsal fin.
The body shows scattered mottling, often in irregular longitudinal lines.
The first dorsal fin has 2 black, irregular, sloping bands and orange spaces.
The second dorsal fin has irregular, sloping, orange to brown stripes.
The anal fin is gray, the caudal fin is clear to gray, the pectoral and pelvic fins are clear to white in males, and the pelvic fin is almost black in females.
The pectoral fin has a dorsal elongated brown spot.
Similar species: Nesogobius pulchellus, the two gobies are similar in coloration and body shape.
Both species are often observed together in one place.
It differs from Nesogobius pulchellus in the absence of the second dorsal and anal fin spines (present in Nesogobius pulchellus) and in the low first dorsal fin, which is lower than the second dorsal fin (unlike the first dorsal fin, which is usually higher than the second dorsal fin).
Habitat: Gobies usually live on sandy areas near seagrass meadows and near rocky reefs.
Etymology:
The generic name “Nesogobius” is composed of the Greek word “nessa” = island and the Latin word “gobius” = goby.
Etymology: Named after R.H. Green of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, Tasmania, who collected a large part of the material used to describe Nesogobius greeni.
