Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Ornate Sandgoby
Istigobius ornatus
Ornate Sandgoby
Category: Gobies
Scientific Name: Istigobius ornatus
Size: Up to 3.5 in. (9 cm)  
Depth: 10-75 ft. (3-23 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea, Australia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Gobiiformes (Order)
     └Gobiidae (Family) Gobies
      └Gobiinae (Subfamily)
       └Istigobius (Genus)
        └I. ornatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 219505🔗
iNaturalist ID: 368493🔗

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