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Clive Roberts

A man stands in a creek holding a green trap. He is looking at the camera

Latest arrival from Australia: the flatback mangrove goby

Around the world, gobies are a major component of the benthic fish fauna of coastal tropical and temperate seas and estuaries – except around New Zealand. Here, triplefins (family Tripterygiidae) have evolved 30 species which have radiated to fill almost every ecological niche more usually occupied by gobies elsewhere. ItRead more

2022-07-29
By: Andrew Stewart and Clive Roberts
On: 29 Jul 2022
In: Science

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