The Desert Goby is a small stocky fish that grows to 60 mm. Adult males can be brightly coloured and are more intensively so during the breeding season. They have a brownish to yellow body and blue, yellow, white and black fins. Females and juveniles are typically brownish with clear fins. They have a surprisingly large mouth for their size. ... source: Australian Biological Resources Study - Species Bank
The Desert Goby is brownish grey to yellowish with darker mottling. It sometimes has seven or eight saddle shaped markings across the back. The head is yellow below. The male has a black first dorsal with blue and yellow bands. source: OZ Animals
The Desert Goby is brown-grey to yellowish with darker mottling and sometimes 7 or 8 darker saddles across the back. The head is yellow below. The first dorsal fin of males is black with blue and yellow bands. source: Australian Museum Factsheets
| Freshwater species |
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Chlamydogobius eremius |
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Gobius eremius Zietz, 1896 | |
| Published in: Zietz, A.H.C. 1896. Pisces. pp. 176–180 pl. 16 in Spencer, B. (ed.) Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Part 2. Zoology. London | |
| Common name | Source |
|---|---|
| Desert Goby | |
| Central Australian Goby |
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