Florent's Guide To The

Hawaiian Reefs

Large Whip Goby
Bryaninops amplus
Large Whip Goby
Category: Gobies
Scientific Name: Bryaninops amplus
Size: 1 to 2 in. (2.5 to 5 cm)  
Depth: 15-100 ft. (5-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii
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)
       └Bryaninops (Genus)
        └B. amplus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219392🔗
iNaturalist ID: 96074🔗

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