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Etymology: Tomiyamichthys: occurring on sand-rubble bottoms in the vicinity of coral reefs.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 45 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Java (Indonesia) and the Great Barrier Reef (Australia).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30404)
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. Slender body with blotched pattern and large first dorsal, developing filaments in males (Ref. 30404); further characterized by white body color; 3-4 large brown blotches on side of body; back with smaller brown blotches; brown-edged orange spots on head; pelvic fins united medially; longitudinal scale series 49-50; mainly scaleless head, few embedded predorsal scales; greatest depth of body6.0-6.9 in SL; asymmetrically rounded caudal fin, about equal to head length (Ref. 90102).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Inhabits open sand and rubble areas adjacent to reefs (Ref. 30404, 48637). Lives with the snapping shrimp Alpheus randalli (Ref. 30404).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Randall, J.E. and M. Goren, 1993. A review of the gobioid fishes of the Maldives. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (58):1-37, 5 pls. (Ref. 9360)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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