FB-64940 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64940 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Laetacara Laetacara araguaiae Ottoni & Costa, 2009 Belize sponge goby 2009-05-29 2009-05-29 Randall, J.E. and P.S. Lobel0 A literature review of the sponge-dwelling gobiid fishes of the genus <i>Elacatinus</i> from the western Atlantic, with description of two new Caribbean species. Zootaxa 2133:1-19. (Ref. 81169) Lobel, P.S. and L.K. Lobel0 Endemic marine fishes of Belize: evidence of isolation in a unique ecological region. pp. 48-51. In Palomares, M.L.D., Pauly, D. (eds.). Too Precious to Drill: the Marine Biodiversity of Belize. Fisheries Centre ResearchReports 19(6). Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia. (Ref. 88930) Patzner, R.A., J.L. Van Tassell, M. Kovačić and B.G. Kapoor0 The biology of gobies. Enfield, NH : Science Publishers ; Boca Raton, FL : DIstributed by CRC Press, 685 p. (Ref. 92840) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-64950 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-06-16 22:04:50 2024-03-20 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64950 Collected with a hand net from a patch reef of mixed coral and sponge on sloping sand substratum at 5 m (Ref. 81169). Randall, J.E. and P.S. Lobel 2009 A literature review of the sponge-dwelling gobiid fishes of the genus <i>Elacatinus</i> from the western Atlantic, with description of two new Caribbean species. Zootaxa 2133:1-19. (Ref. 81169) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64950 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-06-16 22:20:29 2009-06-16 22:20:29 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64950 Dorsal rays VII + I, 11 (10–12, rarely 10); anal rays I,10 (10–11, two of 15 with 11); pectoralrays 17–19 (usually 18, one of 30 with 19); no scales; body and fins covered with thick adherent mucus; mouth subterminal; tongue truncate; no rostral frenum; color in alcohol pale yellowish gray with a midlateral black stripe from eye nearly to posterior end of caudal fin, about a pupil diameter in width on head, broadening to about an eye diameter in width on body; a blackish line extending posteriorly from above upper edge of eye, continuing below base of dorsal fins, and extending into dorsal part of caudal fin; fins otherwise translucent gray; color in life of body above black lateral stripe bluish to greenish gray with a bright white stripe as wide as pupil passing between black stripe and black line, becoming yellow on head as it nears upper edge of eye; dorsal part of iris brilliant yellow; snout and lips dusky yellow; a median brilliant yellow band on snout extending into anterior interorbital; ventral part of head and body whitish (Ref. 81169). Randall, J.E. and P.S. Lobel 2009 A literature review of the sponge-dwelling gobiid fishes of the genus <i>Elacatinus</i> from the western Atlantic, with description of two new Caribbean species. Zootaxa 2133:1-19. (Ref. 81169) FB-Morphology-64950 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-06-16 22:20:29 2009-06-16 22:20:29 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64950 Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Anal spines: 1; Analsoft rays: 10 - 11 Randall, J.E. and P.S. Lobel 2009 A literature review of the sponge-dwelling gobiid fishes of the genus <i>Elacatinus</i> from the western Atlantic, with description of two new Caribbean species. Zootaxa 2133:1-19. (Ref. 81169) FB-Distribution-64950 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-06-16 22:14:31 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64950 Caribbean Sea: Belize. Randall, J.E. and P.S. Lobel 2009 A literature review of the sponge-dwelling gobiid fishes of the genus <i>Elacatinus</i> from the western Atlantic, with description of two new Caribbean species. Zootaxa 2133:1-19. (Ref. 81169) FB-Size-64950 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-06-16 22:04:50 2024-03-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64950 3.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 81169)); 3.35 cm SL (female) Randall, J.E. and P.S. Lobel 2009 A literature review of the sponge-dwelling gobiid fishes of the genus <i>Elacatinus</i> from the western Atlantic, with description of two new Caribbean species. Zootaxa 2133:1-19. (Ref. 81169) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-64950 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2009-06-16 22:04:50 2024-03-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64950 reef-associated; marine, usually 3 - 16 m (Ref. 81169) Randall, J.E. and P.S. Lobel 2009 A literature review of the sponge-dwelling gobiid fishes of the genus <i>Elacatinus</i> from the western Atlantic, with description of two new Caribbean species. Zootaxa 2133:1-19. (Ref. 81169)