family Ptereleotridae

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The family Ptereleotridae is a group of small, elongated marine goby-like fishes commonly known as dartfishes or hover gobies, often found hovering above sandy or rubble substrates on coral reefs.

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Label Occurrences
family Ptereleotridae canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
behavior hovering above substrate ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName dartfishes ⓘ
hover gobies ⓘ
distribution subtropical seas ⓘ
tropical seas ⓘ
ecologicalNiche reef-associated fishes ⓘ
feedingType planktivorous ⓘ
finMorphology elongated dorsal fin in many species ⓘ
habitat coral reefs ⓘ
marine ⓘ
rubble substrates ⓘ
sandy substrates ⓘ
includes Aioliops ⓘ
Gunnellichthys ⓘ
Nemateleotris ⓘ
Oxymetopon ⓘ
Ptereleotris ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
microhabitat water column just above reef or sand ⓘ
order Gobiiformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
resembles gobies ⓘ
riskResponse darting into burrows or crevices when threatened ⓘ
sizeClass small-sized fishes ⓘ
socialBehavior often found in small groups ⓘ
typicalBodyShape small and elongated ⓘ
typicalColoration brightly colored in many species ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gobioidei → includes → family Ptereleotridae ⓘ