Henley Spiers / Large whip goby (Bryaninops amplus) camouflaged on a narrow wire coral, Mactan, Cebu, Philippines, Pacific Ocean.

David Fleetham / Wire coral goby (Bryaninops yongei) resting with eggs on Wire coral (Cirrhipathes), Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Large whip goby (Bryaninops amplus) resting behind its eggs, that are just visible, laid on a soft coral (Umbellulifera sp.), Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Molucca Sea.

Alex Mustard / Whip goby (Bryaninops amplus) resting behind its eggs laid on a soft coral (Umbellulifera sp.), Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Molucca Sea.

Alex Mustard / Whip goby (Bryaninops amplus) resting on a Sea whip (Ctenocella sp.), Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Molucca Sea.

Alex Mustard / Pink eye goby (Bryaninops natans) swimming past coral, portrait, Laamu Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean.

David Fleetham / Mated pair of Wire-coral gobies (Bryaninops yongei) at night on Wire coral (Cirrhipathes anguina), Indonesia.

Alex Mustard / Whip coral goby (Bryaninops sp.) hiding in the red branches of a sea whip (Ellisella sp.) on a coral reef. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Pink eye goby (Bryaninops natans) perches on hard coral (Acropora sp.). Gubal Island, Egypt. Strait Of Gubal, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Pink eye goby (Bryaninops natans) hovers over a coral. This fish seems to have its ovipositor extended and may have been laying eggs. Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean

Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Wire coral goby (Bryaninops yongei) resting on its host Wire coral (Cirrhipathes), Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Georgette Douwma / Translucent coral goby (Bryaninops erythrops) resting on Bubble coral (Plerogyra sinuosa). Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.