Callogobius okinawae

(Snyder, 1908)

Okinawa Flap-headed Goby

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Philippines to Vanuatu and north to Southern Japan.

Size: 2 inches (5 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits tidepools and lagoons and usually found at depths between 3 – 40 feet (1 – 12 m) where it lives in small burrows and feeds upon zooplankton.

General Husbandry: Not normally collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

Order: Perciformes

Suborder: Gobioidei

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Callogobius

FYI: Shown here for identification only.