Species: Ctenogobius pseudofasciatus, Slashcheek goby
oblique stripe: mouth to mid preopercle
lower preopercle edge black
Ctenogobius pseudofasciatus (Gilbert & Randall, 1971)
Slashcheek goby
Body elongate, slightly compressed; eyes large, towards front, narrow between them; tongue slightly emarginated to distinctly emarginate or bilobed; teeth in upper and lower jaws in several rows, outer enlarged; large recurved canines on mid-side of lower jaw in male; front of roof of mouth without teeth; gill rakers short, triangular 0 + 4-5; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VI (3rd spine elongate in males) + I, 11(10-11); length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 12 (11-12); pectoral fins 16-18 (13-18); pelvic fins I, 5, united forming a disk; scales rough 33 (29-36) in lateral series, no scales under pectoral fin base; no lateral line.
Body color light tan, patterned in dark brown to black; sides with five blotches along midline; back crossed by several diffuse bars not reaching the midline of body; side of head with a blotch of pigment extending from the lower rear corner of the preopercle forward toward the front of the eye; an oblique stripe from corner of mouth to preopercular angle; pectoral fin with 4-5 vertical bars; caudal fin with 7-8 vertical bars; pelvic fins dusky; anal fin with small, black, discrete spots at the base of the membranes between the rays in males, absent in females; 1st dorsal with four dark stripes, the outermost wide and reaching to the edge of the fin; 2nd dorsal fin with three dark stripes.
Reaches 5.8 cm.
Habitat: Rivers and estuaries.
Depth: 1-15 m?
Florida to the S Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Freshwater
- Non Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- Freshwater
- Soft bottom only
- Estuary
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Omnivore
- Detritivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Benthic microalgae
- Detritus
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Continent
- Continental primarily
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5.8
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 15
