Species: Pariah scotius, Peppered Goby
eye large
head & body dark + dense dots
Pariah scotius Bohlke, 1969
Peppered Goby
A short snout; eye large; head without barbells; no head pores; front nostril tubular; rear nostril a raised rim; a groove between the upper lip and snout; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VIII (none elongate) + I, 10-11; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 7-8; pectoral fin 16 (15-17); pelvic fins I, 5, fins united forming a disc; tail fin rounded; scales rough, only on tail base, in 3-4 rows, and along bottom of body from anal fin to pelvic fin, 2 very rough scales at end of tail base; no lateral line.
Dark overall with numerous small spots; fins paler.
Reaches: 2.6 cm.
Habitat: Collected from sponges.
Depth: 11-30 m.
The Bahamas to the Central Caribbean.
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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
- Sponges
- 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 worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 2.6
- Depth Range Min
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- 11
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
