Species: Oxyurichthys stigmalophius, Spotfin goby
flank: 6 large orange blotches, 2 blue stripes
Oxyurichthys stigmalophius (Mead & Bohlke, 1958)
Spotfin goby
Body robust, elongate; snout round; eyes large, closeset, protrude above top profile; a low crest on top of nape; a pair of pores between eyes; no preopercular canals; mouth opens at front, slightly oblique; teeth: 15-18 large canines in single row above, a band of smaller, curved teeth below; 1st gill arch outer face with a fleshy lobular raker with 3 projections above, a pair of fused, elongate rakers in the angle and 3 triangular rakers below, inner face with 7 stubby rakers; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VI, (not elongate) + I, 12; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; pectoral 22-23; anal I, 13; pelvic I, 5, fins united in a disc with a frenum; tail fin elongate, pointed in center (38-62% SL, 38-49% in female); scales weakly rough on upper body near tail base, front of body with smooth scales; no scales on head and nape; 87 (70-92) scales in lateral series; no lateral line.
Upper 1/3 of head and body pale bluey grey, lower parts pale; head with orange spots above, orangeish bars radiating down from eye, oblique bars follow edges of preoperculum and operculum; upper front body with irregular orange-brown spots; 5-6 large, dark-centered rounded orange-brown blotches along mid-side, those separated by a blue streak bordered above and below by narrow orange lines; a pink-orange bar on pectoral base; a conspicuous large black spot at rear first dorsal fin; dorsals and anal with pink stripes; tail fin with oblique pink stripes.
Reaches: 16.5 cm.
Habitat: Sand and mud bottoms; lives in snapping shrimp burrows.
Depth: 2-101 m.
The Bahamas to Brazil.
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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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- Sand & gravel
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Mud
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Soft bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic worms
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- Also in Brazil
- Island (s)
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- All species..
- Continent
- 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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- 16.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 2
- Depth Range Max
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- 101
