Diagnostic Description
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Distinguished by having the following characteristics: presence of a dark blue horizontal band on an almost light body (Ref. 92840).
- Recorder
- Roxanne Rei Valdestamon
Life Cycle
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Monogamous mating is observed as both obigate and social (Ref. 52884).
Trophic Strategy
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Does not rely exclusively on cleaning for food since coral polyps, sponge tissues and spicules represented a large part of the gut contents of the specimens studied (Ref. 37894).
- Recorder
- Lilibeth Miranda
Biology
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Coral-dwelling goby (Ref. 51183). Found in groups near coral heads (Ref. 9710). Monogamous (Ref. 52884). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35408).
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao