Arabian goby
(Cryptocentroides arabicus)
Image source: Dawn Goebbels | inaturalist.org
Classification
Species:
Cryptocentroides arabicus
Genus:
Cryptocentroides
Family: Gobiidae - Gobies
Order: Gobiiformes - Gobies
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
General data
Scientific names:
Arabian goby
Habitat:
Saltwater
Climate:
Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea to the Persian Gulf.
Max length: 13.5 cm TL
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 112; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11
Facultative air-breathing. Occurs in very shallow water, living in a burrow in sediment.