Species: Elacatinus lori, Lori’s goby
thin white stripe: upper eye to C
dark side stripe ends in round blotch on C
Elacatinus lori Colin, 2002
Lori’s goby
Elongate; head compressed, profile rounded; snout short; top lip fused to snout; tongue rounded; teeth in upper jaw in several rows at front, canines present in inner row; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII + I, 11-12; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 10; pectoral fins 18-19; pelvic fins I, 5, disk complete; tail rounded; no scales; no lateral line.
Dark grey upper head and body; a very thin white lateral stripe from upper eye to tail fin; a very thin white bar on snout from level of eye to top lip; body with a broad dark lateral stripe running along the mid-line, ends in a rounded extension on the anterior part of the tail fin; all fins clear.
Reaches 5 cm.
Habitat: coral reefs, found in association with sponges.
Depth: 0-24 m.
Honduras and Belize.
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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 only
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Sponges
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species..
- Caribbean endemic
- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Continent
- 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
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 24
