Species: Elacatinus illecebrosus, Barsnout goby
stripe yellow/blue/white, wide, eye to C
top lip joins snout
Elacatinus illecebrosus (Bohlke & Robins, 1968)
Barsnout goby
Elongate; head compressed; mouth under overhanging snout, shark-like; upper lip joined to snout, no groove between them; teeth in upper jaw conical; teeth in lower jaw in three or four rows in front, conical; females without enlarged canines, males with one or two enlarged and recurved canines on either side; tongue slightly emarginated; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII + I, 11; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 10 (10-11); pectoral fins 17 (16-17); pelvic fins I, 5, disk complete; tail rounded; no scales; no lateral line.
Blackish upper head and body; a yellow, blue or white stripe from top of eye to near the end of the tail fin, on body that stripe edged above and below by a thin grey stripe; a pale oval bar of same color on top of the snout; a black stripe under the pale body stripe, from the snout, lower eye to the end of the tail fin.
Reaches 4 cm.
Habitat: A coral dwelling cleaner; many individuals can occur on a single large coral head; may also occur on rock substrate and on mangrove roots.
Depth: 2-45 m.
W Caribbean.
Note: Yellow form: Panama; Blue form: continental Colombia and the Mexican Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Mangrove
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Ectoparasite cleaner
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Ectoparasites
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Benthic
- 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..
- Caribbean endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 4
- Depth Range Min
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- 2
- Depth Range Max
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- 45
