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Psilotris celsa

No common name
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes) Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri) Gobiidae (Gobies) Psilotris Psilotris celsa

Description

This species account was compiled from FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version 04/2025.) and processed using AI-assisted text extraction. It may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, or formatting. When citing, please reference the original source rather than this page. Learn more about our species accounts.

Characters

Body shape: Elongated. Distinguished by the following characteristics: small; lack scales; possess VII spines in the first dorsal; no head or opercle pores; ventral fins completely separate (Ref. 92840).

Distribution

Western Atlantic: Bahamas and the Virgin Islands (Ref. 5521).

Habitat Associations

Marine. reef-associated. depth range 8-50 m.

Biology

Inhabits sandy bottoms in coral-reef habitats (Ref. 92840).
Max length: 5.1 cm SL.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2011-03-25. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

References

Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin (1993) Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin.
Patzner, R.A., J.L. Van Tassell, M. Kovačić and B.G. Kapoor (2011) The biology of gobies. Enfield, NH : Science Publishers ; Boca Raton, FL : DIstributed by CRC Press, 685 p.

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