Amblygobius phalaena

White-barred goby
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Amblygobius
Species:	A. phalaena
Binomial name
	Amblygobius phalaena; (Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms
	Gobius phalaena Valenciennes, 1837; Gobius annulatus De Vis, 1884;

Amblygobius phalaena, the Sleeper Banded goby, white-barred goby, is a species of goby native to tropical reefs of the western Pacific Ocean and through the central Indo-Pacific area at depths of from 2 to 20 metres (6.6 to 65.6 ft). This species feeds by taking in mouthfuls of sand and sifting out algae, invertebrates and other organic matter. It can reach a length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) TL. It is also of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.^[1]

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Amblygobius phalaena" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

External links

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Amblygobius phalaena" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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