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Created 4/6/2020

Family Microdesmidae

WEST PACIFIC

Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia

   


Ulong Island, Palau, 3 feet

   

ONESTRIPE WORMFISH

Uncommon on sand and rubble flats in shallow water.  Retreats into burrow when approached.  Attains 5 inches.  Indonesia to Okinawa and Samoa.