Zebra-barred Dartfish Ptereleotris zebra

The Zebra-barred Dartfish, also called the Chinese Zebra Goby and Shotsilk Dartgoby, is native to reefs in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Dartfish are in the goby family. (Other species of fish are also called Zebra Gobies.)

As its name indicates, it has bars along its body; they are pink or orange; the body is off-white to blue-green. Fins are yellow bordered with blue (dorsal) and orange (anal), the face has colourful lines and there is a colourful bar by the gill covers. It grows to 12cm long. It is a schooling fish. Diet is zooplankton.