Species: Parrella macropteryx, Longtail Goby

Parrella macropteryx Ginsburg, 1939

Longtail Goby

Body slender, compressed; head flattened, with well developed pores and papillae; no pore between front of eyes; mouth long (reaching under or past eye) oblique at front, horizontal at rear; tip of tongue notched; teeth in bands, without canines; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII (a little higher than 2nd dorsal) + I, 9-12; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 12 rays; pectoral fin long, pointed; pelvic fins I, 5, fused in disc; tail fin long (about ½ SL), pointed, 10-13 rays; scales mostly smooth, large (28-38 on side), present only behind pectoral base; no lateral line.

Pale brown, belly silvery; under throat and edge of operculum dark; body with 5 diffuse internal reddish-brown bars along side, last on at end of tail base; scales of body with dark edges; dorsal, tail, anal and pelvic fins dark; a black spot at the upper tail fin base.

Reaches 6.2 cm.

Habitat: coastal areas with mud/sand bottom, leaves, small rocks.

Depth: 18-46 m

Cuba to Brazil.