Bollmannia eigenmanni
Shelf Goby
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Bollmannia
Bollmannia eigenmanni (Shelf Goby)
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Characters
Head moderately elevated and convex, moderately compressed. Mouth terminal and moderately oblique. Rostral frenum absent. Jaw teeth in two rows, outer row enlarged and caninelike. Gill opening extends ventrally the length of pectoral fin base. Measurements (% SL): head length 25.6%–29.8%, snout length 4%–4.4%, eye diameter 9.4%–9.8%, interorbital width 2%–1.6%, pre-dorsal-fin length 32.4%–33.3%, pelvic fin length 23%–26.8%, caudal fin length 36.5%–40.5%, body depth 17.8%–17.9%. Pectoral fin rays 23-25. First dorsal fin VII, second dorsal fin I,11. Pelvic fins united by membrane to form disc, with frenum uniting spines. Anal fin I,12. Caudal fin lanceolate. Body, including chest, covered with large deciduous scales; scales also on top of head, nape, upper operculum, and upper cheek posterior to eye.
Pale brown, darker dorsally than ventrally, with a black band on upper lip.
Distribution
Western Atlantic from southern Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico off Alabama and Florida.
Biology
Maximum known size about 180 mm SL.
References
Garman 1896
Williams and Shipp 1980
Boschung 1992
Murdy and Hoese 2002b
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