Southern Frillfin

Bathygobius lineatus

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe
• IUCN status: LC

This frillfin goby dominates the shallow rock pools where it lives, holding its own in a habitat that empties and refills with every tide. Like others of its kind it tolerates the wide swings in temperature and oxygen that come with intertidal life.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Gobiiformes › Gobiidae › Bathygobius

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 277629.