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Updated 4/6/2020

Family Gobiidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Bryaninops natans



Pago Pago, Am. Samoa, 30 feet


Philippines
 

PURPLE-EYED or HOVERING GOBY

Common in small groups above Acropora corals in clear water, settling upon the coral when alarmed.  Attains 1 inch.  Red Sea east to Japan and the Cook Islands.  Also known as the Red Eye Goby.