Species: Elacatinus tenox, Slaty goby
snout: yellow bar
Elacatinus tenox (Bohlke & Robins, 1968)
Slaty goby
Elongate; head compressed; mouth opens at front; top lip separated from snout by groove; upper teeth in 4-5 rows, outer enlarged and needle-like; lower jaw with 6-7 rows of teeth, outer enlarged, two enlarged canines towards the anterior end, on each side; 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, 9; pectoral fins 17-20; pelvic fins I, 5, disk complete; tail rounded; no scales; no lateral line.
Body, head and fins slate grey; snout with a short central yellow bar, from between the eyes to near the top jaw; a short yellow stripe from behind eye to above pectoral fin.
Reaches: 3.0 cm.
Habitat: Lives within sponges, Neofibrularia sp.
Depth: 15-70 m.
NE to SW Caribbean.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sponges
- Reef only
- 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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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Caribbean endemic
- All species..
- Insular primarily
- Continent
- 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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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3
- Depth Range Min
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- 15
- Depth Range Max
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- 70
