GOBIIDAE


Gobiodon erythrospilus, 2.8 cm SL
(photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin)


Gobiodon erythrospilus
Bleeker, 1875
Redspotted Coralgoby

D VI + I, 10-11; A I, 9; P1 19-21; LR 0; PDS 0.

Body ovate, well compressed. Head compressed; snout rounded; jaws subeuqal; gill opening narrow, restricted to pectoral-fin base; tongue narrow, with rounded anterior margin. First dorsal fin near rounded (rather than triangular); pelvic fins small, united medially; frenum present. No scales on head and body. Sensory canals and pores present on head; reduced longitudinal pattern of sensory papillae on cheek; a pair of sensory papillae just behind chin. Color: ground color of head body green; numerous red spots scattered on body; head and pectoralfin base with 5-6 vertical red bars; no black spot on dorsoposterior corner of operculum. Size: 3.0 cm SL. Distribution: West Pacific. Remarks: found amongst branches of acroporid corals.