Species: Psilotris celsus, Highspine goby
no head pores
back: orange marks
no scales
Psilotris celsa Böhlke, 1963
Highspine goby
Body slightly compressed; head rounded; snout length >5.5% of SL; no fleshy ridge between the nostrils; no head pores; front nostril a short tube, rear a hole with a raised rim; top jaw ends at front of eye; teeth in upper jaw in a broad band of tiny teeth with outer row of enlarged teeth; lower jaw with inner row of enlarged teeth at front, outer row with enlarged teeth; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII, the first two elongate in adults, + I, 9-10; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 8-10; pectoral fins 17 (16-17); pelvic fins I, 5, completely separate, no frenum between spines or membrane connecting inner rays, rays 1-4 branched, without fleshy or flattened tips 5th ray unbranched in adults,extend half way to anus; no scales; no lateral line.
Adults white to somewhat yellowish, with the narrow body bars and head markings yellow; two bars cross the top of the head, each composed of two parallel lines of dark spots; a narrow bar runs from the eye to the upper jaw, another, extends downward from the eye, and another runs from the eye onto the cheek; top of the body with burnt orange markings, plus seven saddles and 5-6 bars composed of paired rows of dark spots on sides; a prominent black spot present at the front base of the dorsal fin; pectoral fin clear.
Reaches: 4.1 cm.
Habitat: coral and rocky habitats.
Depth range: 2.5-16 m.
Bermuda to Brazil.
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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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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- All species..
- Continent
- Extends South of GC
- Also in Brazil
- GC non-endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 4.1
- Depth Range Min
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- 2
- Depth Range Max
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- 16
