Species: Lythrypnus crocodilus, Mahogany goby
pale bars: dark centerline
Ds, A & C; red
Lythrypnus crocodilus (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928)
Mahogany goby
Body relatively deep, compressed; head compressed, profile round; head without pores; papillae around mouth, on cheeks and operculum and over eye; front nostril a long tube, rear nostril a raised rim; mouth very oblique; tongue round to blunt; gill opening narrow, ~pectoral base; 5-7 gill rakers; gill membranes with 5 rays; dorsal fin VI (none elongate) + I, 9 (8-9); length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 8; pectoral fin 15 (15-16), rays unbranched; pelvics fused into disc; tail fin short, round, with 17 segmented rays; scales rough, body scaled except chest and pectoral base, 24 (22-25) lateral rows, none on head and nape; no lateral line.
Body white, with dark brown or black bars (without a pale centerline), pale interspaces with dark center line, equal to or wider than dark bars; 2 bars or rows of spots under eye; spots on head and pectoral fin base same color as dark bars; first and second dorsal and anal fins dark orange-red with scattered black spots; tail fin salmon pink; a dark spot covering entire pectoral fin base and extending forwards onto body, pectoral fin clear with slight tinge of pink on bottom portion of upper rays; pelvic fin clear.
Reaches 1.5 cm.
Depth range: 1.2-23 m.
Taken from well developed coral, spur and groove habitats, in shallow open areas with surge.
Tthe Bahamas to the S 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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- Reef only
- 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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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic worms
- 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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- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Continent
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 1.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 23
