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Fire
Dartfish / Fire Goby (Nemateleotris magnifica)
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2000 by Image Quest 3-D
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Photograph by Scott Tuason (PHYLUM: Chordata, CLASS: Osteichthyes, ORDER: Perciformes , FAMILY: Microdesmidae)
This finger-sized tropical fish is one of about 60 related species that construct burrows in sand or coral rubble on reefs. Its colouration is distinctive, with a pale head and a body that grades smoothly into a deep-orange red near the tail. Adults hover nervously, alone or in pairs, over their burrows facing the current while feeing on zooplankton. They quickly dart into their burrows when threatened. Click here to view the 'Picture of
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