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 Rock goby |
A very common fish in the rockpools and gullies alongside the ledges. Similar in size and shape to the blenny, rock gobies are easy to tell apart once you've got your eye in. If you can get close enough, gobies have scales, which immediately sets them apart from the blennies. Colour can be misleading - both blennies and gobies can go almost black when they are threatened or territorial (when guarding eggs for instance) but this clearly shows up the pale margin to the dorsal fins in the goby. When more cryptically coloured, gobies use a more brown palette, blennies favour green.
Eggs are laid on the shore, usually on the underside of a rock or overhang, and are guarded by the male.
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