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Date
2016
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Gobiodon citrinus, the Poison Goby, is a species of goby native to the Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea south to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique and east to Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to the Great Barrier Reef, we report for the first time from Persian Gulf (Kish Island, Iran). Maximum length is 6 cm in Persian Gulf. They are reef dwellers being found at depths of from 2 to 8 meters (in Kish Island, Iran) and in association with Acropora corals. The mucus produced by this fish is toxic. Juveniles have bright yellowish tones (with some darker variations according to geographic origin of the population in question). With the age their color darkens. In aquarium, sometimes they show a pale color, due to any lack of carotenoids in the diet, which does not provide the yellow pigment. The species show no appreciable sexual dimorphism with a naked eye. In nature, found in pairs or small groups.Publisher or University
Iranian Fisheries Science Research InstituteCollections