General Description

Body slender, head broader than deep, cheeks not bulbose; eyes close together; gill opening on each side extending forward to below gill cover; mouth small, reaching to below front quarter of eyes. Sandy brown, with dark brown and white speckling above, pale below; a brown stripe from eye to above middle of jaws; about 5 pairs of black spots on midside; belly and lower sides often with irregular, more or less, vertical thin white lines. First dorsal fin of males dark with a pale margin, first spine elongate. To 8 cm.

Habitat

On sandy bottoms in estuaries and bays, often in association with sea grass beds.

Seagrass meadows

Soft substrates

Distribution guide

Southern Australia, including western and central Victoria.

Species Group

Fishes › Gobies

Depth

Shallow (1-30 m)

Water Column

On or near sea floor

Max Size

8 cm

Commercial Species

No

Global Dispersal

Native to Australia

Identify

• Fishes - Gobies

Conservation Status

• DSE Advisory List : Not listed
• EPBC Act 1999 : Not listed
• IUCN Red List : Not listed