Koumansetta rainfordi

(Whitley, 1940)

Vernacular names
English : Old glory
French : Gobie de Rainford

Classification
Class : Teleostei
Order : Gobiiformes
Family : Gobiidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Body color from dark olive-grey to light beige-olive with up to six black and blue-edged bright orange to pink-red longitudinal bands. Flattened snout. Yellow-edged black blotch on dorsal fin.

Range and habitat
Western Pacific Ocean, from western Australia to Tonga and most major west Pacific archipelagos, north to Taiwan. Found around turbid coastal reefs, over sandy and muddy bottoms.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species has a fairly large but scattered range. It is caught for the trade in fairly high numbers but this doesn’t seem to be a threat at this time. Habitat loss needs to be monitored.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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