Gobioides broussonetii
Violet Goby
NS
G5
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Gobioides
Gobioides broussonetii (Violet Goby)
Description
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Characters
Continuous dorsal fin; dorsal and anal fins broadly connected to caudal fin; snout blunt; mouth terminal and very oblique; lower jaw projecting beyond upper jaw; upper jaw extending to posterior margin of eye; upper lip complete across symphysis, expanded posteriorly, and joined with expanded lower lip at rictus; jaw teeth caniniform and in two or three rows; outer row of lower jaw enlarged; tongue distinctly bilobed; gill rakers on first arch short and blunt, 8 to 11 on lower limb; head length 14.6%–15.6% SL; snout length 3.3%–3.6% SL; eye diameter about 1% SL; upper jaw length 5.3%–6.3% SL; pectoral fin length 9%–10% SL; pelvic fin length 8.8%–11.2% SL; caudal fin length 25.2%–28.1% SL; body depth 7.5%–8.5% SL; pectoral fin rounded and tapered with 17 to 20 rays; dorsal fin has seven spines and 15 rays; pelvic fins united by membrane to form long disc; pelvic fin spines joined by frenum; anal fin has one spine and 15 rays; caudal fin lanceolate with 17 segmented rays and 6 dorsal and 5 or 6 ventral procurrent rays; body covered with cycloid scales, slightly embedded; scales in horizontal series number about 160; vertebrae number 27: 10 precaudal and 17 caudal
Purplish brown dorsally and pale ventrally; upper body variously marked with creamy white patterns
Distribution
Western Atlantic from Charleston, SC, to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico
Widely distributed in the western and southern Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Inshore waters and estuaries
Biology
500 mm SL
References
Dawson 1969b
Hoese and Moore 1977
Hoese and Moore 1998
Castro-Aguirre 1978
Robins and Ray 1986
Smith 1997
Schaldach et al. 1997
Murdy 1998
Murdy and Hoese 2002b
Comments On Gobioides broussonetii