Small body with a blunt rounded head. Two colour forms: the first, golden with gold eye, and the second, translucent with two black stripes along body on either side of a white stripe, with black spots on head and tail, and spotted eye. Both with a light stripe along mid side, and can both occur in the same place. Less shy than other Gobiodon species (Coralgobies), often sitting on coral surfaces in plain sight.

• Max Size: 4 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 25.5-31.0°C
• Depth: 2-15m
• Habitat: Coral Reef
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 0.7
  Also referred to as the SGI (Species generalisation index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here

• Threats: Habitat degradation
• IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
• Occurrence: Infrequent (3% of sites)
  Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
• Abundance: Several (6 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.