Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Beautiful Goby
Exyrias belissimus
Beautiful Goby
Also known as: Mud Reef-Goby
Category: Gobies
Scientific Name: Exyrias belissimus
Size: Up to 5 in. (13 cm)  
Depth: 3-80 ft. (1-25 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Australia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Gobiiformes (Order)
     └Gobiidae (Family) Gobies
      └Gobiinae (Subfamily)
       └Exyrias (Genus)
        └E. belissimus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219465🔗
iNaturalist ID: 319362🔗

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