Location: Palau
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)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Gobiiformes (Order)
└Gobiidae (Family)
└Exyrias (Genus)
└E. belissimus (Species)
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