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| Species: | G. atrata
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| Gobiopsis atrata (Griffin, 1933)
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The 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
- "Gobiopsis atrata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 11 March.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gobiopsis atrata". FishBase. January 2006 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