Spinecheek goby (Eng) – Oplopomus oplopomus (Lat) (family Gobiidae) – grows up to 10 cm. It feeds on sandy sea bottom inhabitants, feltering mouthfulls of sand. Depth <30 m
Habitat:
Red Sea, Indo-Pacific - Maldives, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, GBR, Papua - tropical and subtropical seas
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