Sphynx Goby (species: Amblygobius sphynx) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)

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Amblygobius sphynx

Sphynx Goby

©Lyle Vail: Amblygobius sphynx about 12 cm long, in Halimeda/Caulerpa bed at 24 metres depth off NE shore of Lizard Island

©Lyle Vail: Amblygobius sphynx commonly found in pairs, in Halimeda/Caulerpa bed at 24 metres depth off NE coast of Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: Amblygobius sphynx in Watson's Bay, Lizard Island, 16 metres depth, soft bottom away from reef.

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Class Actinopterygii

Order Perciformes

Family Gobiidae

Genus Amblygobius

Species Amblygobius sphynx

Colours

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Animalia: Whitebarred Goby (species: Amblygobius phalaena)
has horizontal lines on the head rather than spots or short bars and a large dark spot on the first dorsal fin.
Animalia: species: Unidentified goby 6

These gobies usually excavate their own burrows and are only occasionally found with alpheid shrimps at Lizard Island (Syms and Jones, 2004).

Syms, C. and G.P. Jones (2004). Habitat structure, disturbance and the composition of sand-dwelling goby assemblages in a coral reef lagoon, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 268: 221-230. LIRS catalog number 881.