Species: Evermannichthys spongicola, Sponge goby
head: dark lines radiate behind eye
Evermannichthys spongicola (Radcliffe, 1917)
Sponge goby
Body very elongate; no head pores; snout wedge shaped in profile, triangular in top profile; upper lip connected to snout along most of its length; tongue bilobed; gill cover with scalloped margin; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin V-VII (1st 2 spines closer together than remaining spines) + I, 10-15; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 9 (8-10); pectoral rays 12 (11-12), fan shaped; pelvic fins form a complete disk, all rays branched; segmented tail rays 17; one very rough scale on lower edge of tail base, series of 22 very rough scales along the bottom edge of body from the tail base to the anal fin; no lateral line.
Tan to grey with 17 dark bars and/or saddles, those breaking into spots at rear of body; head with dark lines radiating down and back from eye; dorsals and anal fins with dark edges
Reaches: 3.0 cm.
Habitat: lives in logger head sponges.
Depth: 13-57 m.
North Carolina to the SW Gulf of Mexico.
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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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- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Continent only
- Continent
- All species
- Extends North of GC
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3
- Depth Range Min
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- 13
- Depth Range Max
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- 57
