Species: Sanopus greenfieldorum, Whitelined toadfish
Sanopus greenfieldorum Collette, 1983
Whitelined toadfish
Relatively long bodied; head depressed, with many branched barbells and skin flaps, especially along lower jaw; only 1-2 barbells in center of chin are branched, barbells long and thin; no cirri between eyes; front nostrils are tubular; gill openings restricted to side, before pectoral fin base; operculum with 2 solid spines at top corner and one at bottom corner; a large pore leading to a group of glands just behind base of pectoral fin, no glands on pectoral fin itself; dorsal fin III, 31-34; anal fin 25-28; 2 lateral lines, 32-38 papillae on upper lateral line, 27-34 on lower line; no light organs; no scales.
Head and body blackish, head with many thin white lines and bars; body with scattered white spots, pores of upper and lower lateral lines in white spots.
Reaches 31 cm.
Lives in caves under corals.
Depth range: 5-30 m.
Known only from the Belize barrier reef and offshore islands.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Corals
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- No pelagic phase
- Data
- Benthic
- No pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species..
- Continent + Island (s)
- Caribbean endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Vulnerable
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 31
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
