Species: Lophogobius cyprinoides, Atlantic crested-goby
nape: large crest
Lophogobius cyprinoides (Pallas, 1770)
Atlantic crested-goby
Body robust, somewhat compressed; high crest on nape extending from or just before dorsal to between eyes; deep depression before and below eye; 1 pore between center of eyes, another between rear border of eyes; cheek with 7 vertical rows of papillae; mouth opens at front, oblique, reaches under pupil; tongue truncate to broadly rounded; teeth in upper jaw in a wide band, outer row of enlarged conical teeth; edge of preoperculum with indentations at each pore; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VI, 4th spine longest, at times reaching 3rd-4th ray of 2nd dorsal, + I, 10; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 9; pectoral 17-19 (16-20), reaches past anal fin origin in large fish; pelvic I, 5 disk complete; tail fin rounded, about as long as head; body and top of head (except top of nape and crest, and edge of preopercle) with large rough scales; no lateral line.
Female - pale, upper head and body mottled with blotches of olive-brown to red-brown, cheeks and operculum may be covered with pale spots; rear of1st dorsal with a vertically elongate orange and black ocellus or partial ocellus; several pale lines radiate behind eye and along body; rear of body with 2 rows of dark blotches; base of tail fin with a thin dark bar; male - more extensive dark mottling, dark violet to black when breeding. juveniles with brown blotches at rear & pale stripes at front, an orange blotch bordered at front by dark bar on outer 1/2 of 1st dorsal.
Reaches: 10 cm.
Habitat: Tidal creeks, mangroves, and quiet coastal waters; fresh to fully saline environments.
Depth: 0-6 m.
Bermuda to the S Caribbean; has passed through the Panama Canal to the Pacific entrance.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Freshwater
- Non Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Estuary
- Mangrove
- Freshwater
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Omnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Detritus
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 10
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 6
