Coryphopterus personatus/ hyalinus *
| Ecological Descriptors |
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| Habitat | Size (cm) | Diet | Behaviour | Sex |
| Co | 2-4 | Pla | Sh | PGH |
Description:
Bright orange to translucent with small white rectangles along flank. Dark mask between eyes and snout Males have a longer second dorsal spine. Generally Masked Goby is larger, stouter and with pale orange body, whilst the Glass is bright orange and slender, but the 2 cannont be reliably be distinguished visually.
The latest provisional expert opinion is that the Glass has a prominent thin black stripe midlaterally on rear body and "peppery" speckles on the rear body, with the scales outlined with fine black lines (subject to revision as comparisons between specimens for DNA analysis and visual differentiators continues). Glass belennies are far less com mon and usually found deeper than Maskeds.
Ecology
In aggregations hovering over the substrate from 3-25m. Feeds on plankton.
Life Cycle:
Sequential protogynous hermaphrodites, with sex reversal is completed in nine days. Females outnumber males at approximately four to one. Male and female size distributions show considerable overlap, but may differ, and there occur small males which are smaller than mature females.
Bright orange to translucent with small white rectangles along flank. Dark mask between eyes and snout Males have a longer second dorsal spine. Generally Masked Goby is larger, stouter and with pale orange body, whilst the Glass is bright orange and slender, but the 2 cannont be reliably be distinguished visually.
The latest provisional expert opinion is that the Glass has a prominent thin black stripe midlaterally on rear body and "peppery" speckles on the rear body, with the scales outlined with fine black lines (subject to revision as comparisons between specimens for DNA analysis and visual differentiators continues). Glass belennies are far less com mon and usually found deeper than Maskeds.
Ecology
In aggregations hovering over the substrate from 3-25m. Feeds on plankton.
Life Cycle:
Sequential protogynous hermaphrodites, with sex reversal is completed in nine days. Females outnumber males at approximately four to one. Male and female size distributions show considerable overlap, but may differ, and there occur small males which are smaller than mature females.
Masked/ Glass Goby
* Currently these 2 highly similar species not differentiated here
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(C) Joel De Marino
Masked/ Glass Goby