Bryaninops yongei (Wire coral goby)
Bryaninops yongei is a small goby, translucent upper body and brownish lower body, usually with a few diffuse bars. It lives solely on the wire coral Cirripathes anguina.
Widespread and common, but not easy to spot.
Indo-Pacific, Indian Ocean and Red Sea to the Hawaiian and Rapa islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the northern Great Barrier Reef. Also known from outer shelf off Miyakojima, East China Sea. Lives exclusively on Cirripathes anguina found along current-swept drop-offs or backreefs, in a depth range of 3-45 meters.
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Up to 4cm.
Bryaninops yongei feeds on zooplankton.
It is best found be looking for the wire coral Cirripathes anguina it lives on. You can also browse our other species of Pleurosicya en Bryaninops gobies here, to compare habitats and physical features.
