Longnose Goby
Awaous jayakari
- Group: Goby
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
This goby moves between fresh and brackish water, an amphidromous species at home in rivers and estuaries. It favours sandy beds into which it can bury itself, leaving only its head and eyes showing above the substrate.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Gobiiformes › Gobiidae › Awaous
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 1019740.
FAQ
- Is the Longnose Goby dangerous to divers?
- The Longnose Goby is harmless to divers.