Species: Nes longus, Orange spotted goby
eyes large, protrude above
snout v short, blunt
mid flank: row 3-4 pairs obvious dark blotches
Nes longus (Nichols, 1914)
Orange spotted goby
Body elongate, not compressed; head compressed, profile rounded, without pores; eyes large, protruding on top of head; snout very short, blunt; mouth opens at front, slightly oblique; teeth in both jaws with 3-4 rows, outer row slightly enlarged, inner row not enlarged, no large canines present, no teeth on front of roof of mouth; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII, 1st spine elongate + I, 10-13; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 10-12; pectoral fin 16-19; pelvic fins I, 5, with a frenum between spines, fins united to form complete, oval disk, reaching 1/2 way to anus; tail fin elongate, 17 segmented rays; no scales; no lateral line.
Grayish white, sand colored, or brown, darker above than below; top of head with brown to orange spots; 3-4 pairs of orange to brown blotches along mid-side; small irregular, brown or orange spots on fins, those on the caudal fin arranged in irregular, narrow, vertical bands; a short dark bar on tail base.
Reaches: 10 cm.
Habitat: Found on fine sand bottoms in channels between reef areas; live in burrows in association with a shrimp.
Depth: 0-38 m.
Bermuda to the S Caribbean.
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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
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean endemic
- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- GC endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- 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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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 10
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 38
