GOBIESOCIDAE


Discotrema lineata
(photo by Mark Strickland)



Discotrema lineata
(from Izu Oshima I., Japan; KPM-NR 37957; photo by Eiji Kozuka)


Discotrema lineata
(Briggs, 1966)
Doubleline Clingfish

D 9-11; A 8-9; P1 28-29.

Head depressed, with flattened and triangular snout projecting beyond lower jaw. Body subcylindrical, compressed posteriorly. Posterior end of dorsal and anal fins not connected with caudal fin. Color: head and body reddish brown or charcoal brown, with some longitudinal pale lines (including one along dorsal midline, and two on side through eye); many minute pale dots on dorsum. Size: 3 cm SL. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. Remarks: found in rocky or coral reefs; commensal with featherstars.