Species: Microgobius carri, Seminole goby
nape no crest
body: 3 yellow stripes
scales mostly rough
Microgobius carri Fowler, 1945
Seminole goby
Head and body compressed; no crest on nape in either sex; wide between eyes; 2 pores on preopercle, no pore between front of eyes; mouth large, ~30 degrees from horizontal, upper jaw slightly larger in males than in females; tip of tongue divided; no teeth on front of roof of mouth; lower jaw with 4-5 large canines in outer row; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII, spines II-V produced as filaments in both sexes, fifth longest, reaching half-way down the soft dorsal-fin, + I, 15 (14-17) rays; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 15-18 rays; pectoral fin 21 (20-24), very long, 28.9% SL; pelvic fins I, 5, fused to form disc; tail fin long, oval (<40% SL); scales small, mostly rough; body scaled from rear forward to tip of depressed pectoral fin, head scaleless; lateral scale rows 60-62; no lateral line.
Males & Females: body pale with wide orange-yellow, blue edged lateral stripe along midline and two narrow paler yellow stripes separated by a blue stripe above; body along anal-fin base yellowish with small dark spot of pigment at base of each anal ray; head pale below, and yellowish on snout and between eyes; an elongate iridescent blue line at top-posterior corner of the eye, another below eye extending to opercular margin; cheek and opercle each with a small spot of iridescent blue; pectoral-fin base with bluish coat; pectoral-fins pale; pelvic-fins dusky with yellowish cast; spinous dorsal-fin with two orange-yellowish stripes; soft dorsal-fin with three orange-yellowish stripes; anal-fin pale; tail-fin yellow on bottom, pale yellow on top, with median orange-yellow stripe which is continuous with similar stripe on body.
Reaches 7.5 cm.
Habitat: burrows in sandy bottoms, often associated with coral reefs.
Depth: 5-21 m.
North Carolina to Brazil.
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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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- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC non-endemic
- Also in Brazil
- Extends N + S of GC
- All species..
- Extends North of GC
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends South of GC
- Continental primarily
- Island (s)
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- 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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- 7.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 21
