Species: Elacatinus prochilos, Broadstripe goby
lower dark stripe wide, extends to end of C
Elacatinus prochilos (Bohlke & Robins, 1968)
Broadstripe goby
Elongate; head compressed; mouth position variable, opens at front or a little underneath; a groove separates upper jaw from snout; teeth in lower jaw in a broad band anteriorly, narrowing to a single series at sides, front row sloping outwards; inner row of lower jaw teeth in males with 2 or 3 enlarged canines; tongue tip emarginated or bilobed; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII + I, 11 (10-11); length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 10; pectoral fins 18 (17-19); pelvic fins I, 5, disk complete; tail rounded; no scales; no lateral line.
Dark grey upper head and body; snout with a white V (usually with a short forward projection), which continues back as a white to bluish white stripe across top of eye to the end of the tail fin, stripe widens slightly towards rear; a wide dark stripe under white stripe, extends to end of tail fin.
Reaches: 4 cm.
Habitat: Found most often on the surface of living corals and sponges. It engages in cleaning behavior.
Depth: 1-55 m.
NW to SE Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Sponges
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Corallivore
- Planktivore
- Ectoparasite cleaner
- Diet
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- Hard corals
- Zooplankton
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Ectoparasites
- 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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- Continent
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Caribbean endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Vulnerable
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 4
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 55
