Slender pale fish with long round fins and a forked, scissor-like tail.

Scissortail goby

Ptereleotris evides
Where at Shedd?
Wonder of Water Wild Reef
Diet Very small animals called zooplankton
Size Length: Up to 6 inches (14 cm)
Type Fishes
Range Indian and West-Central Pacific Oceans
Habitat Outer reef slopes, lagoons and bays

Did you know?

  1. The scissortail goby is sometimes called dartfish because of the way they dart in and out of burrows.

IUCN Red List Conservation Status