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| Species: | G. atrata
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| Gobiopsis atrata Hutton, 1872
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New Zealand Black Goby ('Gobiopsis atrata ') is a Goby of the genus Gobiidae, found around northern New Zealand to depths of about 30 metres, in reef areas of broken rock and sand or mud. Its length is between 5 and 10 centimetres.
The New Zealand Black Goby lives in a distinctive habitat. It lives in burrows made in sand against rocky reefs. When disturbed the fish dives into the burrow giving little chance at identification.
It is a uniform dark grey-black, with fused pelvic fins typical of most gobies, and the typical tubular body shape with blunt head.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (....). "Gobiopsis atrata" in FishBase. ........... .... version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8