Lophogobius cyprinoides
Crested Goby
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Lophogobius
Lophogobius cyprinoides (Crested Goby)
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Characters
Head moderately compressed, eye laterally located, mouth terminal with snout overhanging upper jaw. Teeth in upper jaw in a relatively wide band with outer row enlarged and conical. Tongue truncate to broadly rounded. Gill opening extends ventrally to isthmus. Measurements (% SL): head length 30.5%–34.4%, pre-dorsal-fin length 31.9%–36.1%, pelvic fin length 24%–27.4%, caudal fin length 26.8%–35.2%, body depth 26.7%–31%; (% head length): snout length 18.7%–27.1%, eye diameter 17.8%–30.7%. Pectoral fin rays 16-20 (usually 17-19). First dorsal fin VI, second dorsal fin I,9. Pelvic fins united to form disc. Anal fin I,9. Caudal fin rounded. Body completely scaled, head naked. Preopercular sensory canal with three pores. Vertebrae 26: 10 precaudal, 16 caudal.
Color dark gray to black. Juveniles and young adults with brown stripes and blotches. Males uniform, first dorsal fin black with large orange blotches posteriorly. Breeding males nearly uniformly blackish violet.
Distribution
Western Atlantic from southeastern Florida and Bermuda to northern South America, including the western and southern Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the southern Lesser Antilles.
Habitat Associations
Shallow protected waters and open bays with some wave action
Biology
Maximum known size 100 mm TL
Adults inhabit tidal creeks, mangroves and other quiet, fresh to fully saline coastal waters (Ref. 7251) with salinity ranging from 0.0 to 39.3 ppt (Ref. 97140). Opportunistic feeder, ingests diverse crustaceans, molluscs and barnacles, greatest part of their food comprises algae (Ref. 92840)
Reproductive mode: protogyny; fertilization: external. Benthic spawner.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2010-03-01. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Böhlke and Chaplin 1968
Dawson 1972c
Robins and Ray 1986
Smith 1997
Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999
Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999
Murdy and Hoese 2002b
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986) A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
Cervigón, F. (1994) Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 3. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 295 p.
Cole, K.S. (1990) Patterns of gonad structure in hermaphroditic gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Environ. Biol. Fishes 28(1-4):125-142.
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