Chinese zebra goby (Ptereleotris zebra)

Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
- Main name: Chinese zebra goby
- Climates: Tropical, Subtropical
- Habitat: Saltwater
- Native: Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania
- Distribution: Pacific Ocean, Indian ocean, Red sea
Classification
- Genus: Ptereleotris - Ptereleotris
- Family: Microdesmidae - Wormfishes
- Order: Gobiiformes - Gobies
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Ptereleotris zebra, the Zebra barred dartfish, Chinese zebra goby, is a species of dartfish native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. An inhabitant of reefs, it can be found in schools at depths of from 2 to 31 metres (6.6 to 101.7 ft) though usually no deeper than 4 metres (13 ft). This species can reach a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) SL. Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27-29; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 25 - 28; Vertebrae: 26. Yellowish to greenish gray in color; lower half of eye to ventral of chin nearly enclosed by a broad blue-edged dark red to purple area; opercle with 2 diagonal bright blue bands; pectoral fin base with an orange-red bar broadly bordered with bright blue. Chin barbel followed by a median longitudinal fold. Fins yellowish; 2nd dorsal a median longitudinal row of blue spots.