Species: Bollmannia boqueronensis, White-eye Goby

Bollmannia boqueronensis Evermann & Marsh, 1899

White-eye Goby

Body long, slender (depth 18.2-21% SL), tapering, compressed; head short; snout blunt; eyes relatively small (7.7-10% SL), high, close together; interorbital narrow, without median keel, mouth large, very oblique; teeth in 2 rows, the outer row enlarged; front of roof of mouth no teeth; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII (none elongate) + I, 12 (11-13); length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 12 (11-13); pectoral rays 21 (19-23); pelvics fused to form a disc, front margin of disc scalloped; tail fin long and pointed; scales large, rough; body, top of head, and nape fully scaled, a lengthwise row of scales along lower margin of cheek; scales in lateral series 27-30; no lateral line.

Upper head and body brown; flank with 4-5 brown blotches, connected by a pale stripe from eye back to upper tail base, sometimes another pale stripe above that; iris white; no black stripe above upper lip; cheek and opercle with 4-5 brown bars; dorsal fins with 4 -5 brown stripes; first dorsal with distinct black ocellus at rear; pelvic fins usually light or slightly dusky.

Reaches 10 cm.

Depth: 14-112 m.

Habitat: Mud bottoms.

The Gulf of Mexico to Guyana.