Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 7; Pectoral fin rays: 17-20. Unbranched infraorbital canal, very short upward and downward branches of lateral line. Max. length: 10.0 cm TL. Depth range: 5 - 40 m.

Color
Anal fin dark with many darker spots . First dorsal spine is extended with a filament in males. This species has double series of small pearly spots along lower sides.

Etymology
Diplogrammus: from Greek, diplóos, diploûs = double + from Greek, gramma = mark. Referring to two lateral lines, the lower one represented by a fleshy keel or membranous fold along lower side of body beginning opposite anterior base of anal fin.
goramensis: from Goram, largest island of Gorong Archipelago, Indonesia, type locality.
Original description: Callionymus goramensis Bleeker, 1858 - Type locality: Pulau-Pulau Gorong, Molucca Islands, Indonesia, Banda Sea.

Distribution
Western Pacific: Vietnam, Philippines and eastern Indonesia east to Marshall and Cook Islands, north to southern China, south to Australia, Norfolk Island and New Caledonia.

Biology
Inhabits coastal bays and estuaries, over sand, mud, or dead coral rubble of lagoons and outer reef slopes. Feeds mainly on small benthic invertebrates. Usually buried in substrate.

Last update: 6, March 2022.