Goby Lake that the diversity of species in the lake is greatly reduced from the nearby lagoon. The golden jellyfish "Mastigias" cf. "papua nakamurai" and possibly other species in the lake have evolved to be substantially different from their close relatives living in the nearby lagoons. The lake is rich with several species of fish, including goby, giving to lake its name. The deepest - north-eastern - part of Goby Lake is stratified into two layers, an oxygenated upper layer (mixolimnion) and a lower anoxic layer (monimolimnion). The oxygen concentration in the lake declines from about 6 mg/l at the surface to
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