Species: Ctenogobius stigmaturus, Spottail goby
preopercle rear edge black
dark spot - center front opercle
Ctenogobius stigmaturus (Goode & Bean, 1882)
Spottail goby
Body elongate, slightly compressed; eyes moderate, towards front, narrow between them; tongue bilobed; teeth in upper jaw in 2-3 rows; 2 or three large canines on either side of jaw, in outer row; lower jaw in males with 2 large recurved canines in front; females with smaller teeth in outer front row; 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, spines not elongate in either sex, + I, 11 (10-12); length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 12 (10-13); pectoral fins 16 (9-18); pelvic fins I, 5, united forming a disc; scales rough, none on head, except nape with 10-12 scales before 1st dorsal; 31(28-35) in lateral series; no lateral line.
Tan; dark blotch on cheek below and behind eye; faint shoulder spot; edge of preoperculum distinctly darker; a dark spot on the center front of the opercle; dark comma-shaped blotches on mid and lower flank; tail fin with a dark spot at its base, rest of fin barred; dorsals and anal with oblique dark bars.
Reaches: 6.5 cm.
Habitat: From rubble shallows of open coasts to nearly fresh water.
Depth: 0-10 m?
Bermuda to the S Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Submerged vegetation
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Estuary
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Omnivore
- Detritivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Detritus
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Benthic microalgae
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species..
- Continent
- 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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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 6.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
