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Bryaninops natans

Redeye Goby

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Redeye Goby, Hovering Goby; French Gobie à Œil Rouge

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Cooks; n. to s.Japan; s. to n.GBR

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore to 25m, in branching corals

KEY FEATURES: To 2.5 cm. Torpedo shaped, transparent with green-gold intestines & bright pink eyes.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Bryaninops natans Larson, 1985
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Gobioidei; GOBIIDAE

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: Hovers above or among branches of Acropora corals.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Myers 1991. Micronesian Reef Fishes. 2nd Ed. p232.

References:
Special Reference: <>COOKS- Myers 1991. Micronesian Reef Fishes. 2nd Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada Guam.

text p.232 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 122j Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.396 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.560 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 123-19 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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