Author: (Bennett, 1833)
FBname: Halfbarred goby
Comments: Inhabits protected, silty lagoons and estuaries (Ref. 48637).  Occurs in pairs, over its burrow beneath rock or rubble; usually hovers a short distance above the bottom.  Monogamous (Ref. 52884).  Gut contents of a 6.5 cm SL specimen contains mainly fine, unbranched, filamentous algae and harpacticoid copepods, also polychaetes, tanaids, decapod shrimps, amphipods, and nematodes (may have been parasitic).