Species: Carrigobius amblyrhynchus, Blunt-snout goby, Bluntsnout goby
C 3 oblique dark bars
no scales
Carrigobius amblyrhynchus Smith & Baldwin, 1999
Blunt-snout goby
Body slightly compressed; both nostrils tubular, front longer than rear; no head pores; snout very short and blunt, with a steep front profile; top jaw extends to a vertical under back half of eye; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII (first spine elongate in adults, reaching middle of 2nd dorsal) + I, 10-11; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 8-10; pectoral fin 17-19; pelvic fins I,5, fins separate, no frenum between spines or membrane connecting innermost rays, all rays branched (5th ray branched in adults), without fleshy tips to rays, rays only reach ~1/2 way to anus; no scales; no lateral line.
Background color pale yellowish brown, with a series of dusky blotches along side of body; a diffuse dark spot on cheek below eye; dark oblique bar from just behind opercle to above pectoral base and before dorsal origin; approximately 16 diffuse dark saddles, irregular and uneven in intensity, from head to base of tail fin; approximately 7 diffuse blotches on mid-side of body between pectoral fin and base of tail fin, with smaller blotches in between; pectoral fin uncolored; discrete, small dark spots on dorsal fin spines and rays; 3 oblique dark bars on tail fin.
Reaches 4.4 cm.
Habitat: Open sand patch in beds of turtle grass and spur and groove area in reef zone.
Depth range: 3-6 m.
The NW Caribbean.
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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
- Submerged vegetation
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Caribbean endemic
- GC endemic
- Continent
- All species..
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 4.4
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 6
