Species: Elacatinus xanthiprora, Yellowprow goby
side stripe: narrow, yellow, top eye to C base
lower dark stripe narrow, extends onto C base
Elacatinus xanthiprora (Böhlke & Robins, 1968)
Yellowprow goby
Elongate; head compressed; mouth U-shaped, a little under snout; upper lip separated from snout by a groove; tongue straight edged; teeth in upper jaw in 2 rows, those of males with outer row of 2 enlarged fangs near rear; lower jaw with three large fangs, females also with enlarged canines; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII + I, 11 (10-12); length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 10; pectoral fins 20 (19-20); pelvic fins I, 5, disk complete; tail rounded; no scales; no lateral line.
Upper 2/3 of head and body blackish; snout with narrow median yellow bar; a narrow (<eye) bright yellow stripe on body from top of eye to tail fin base; dark stripe under yellow stripe is narrow, its lower edge well above anal fin base, extends onto tail fin base.
Reaches: 4.0 cm.
Habitat: Sponge dweller, but in northern part of its range is a parasite cleaner
Depth: 4-25 m.
N Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico.
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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 associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Sponges
- Reef only
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Ectoparasite cleaner
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Data
- Ectoparasites
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Extends North of GC
- GC endemic
- Continent
- All species..
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- 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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- 4
- Depth Range Max
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- 25
