Arabian goby
(Cryptocentroides arabicus)

Image source: Dawn Goebbels | inaturalist.org

Classification

Species: Cryptocentroides arabicus
Genus: Cryptocentroides
Family: Gobiidae - Gobies
Order: Gobiiformes - Gobies
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Arabian goby
Habitat: Saltwater
Climate: Tropical
Native to coasts of: Africa, Asia
Distribution: Persian Gulf, Indian ocean, Arabian Sea, Red sea

Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea to the Persian Gulf.
Max length: 13.5 cm TL
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 112; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11
Facultative air-breathing. Occurs in very shallow water, living in a burrow in sediment.

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