Species: Coryphopterus kuna, Kuna goby, Kuna sand-goby
eye to mouth: black bar
head & body: orange spots
pelvics fully joined behind, no front membrane
Coryphopterus kuna Victor, 2007
Kuna goby
Snout short, profile straight; head pores present: one central, one before and one after eye, 1 pair between rear nostrils; papillae on cheek in rows vertically along lower operculum and along lower rim of preopercle; mouth oblique, reaches to under center of eye; gill rakers 2+6; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VI + I, 8 rays; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 8 rays; pectoral fin 14-15 rays; pelvic fins I, 5, completely separate at front between spines and no frenum, joined for full length of fin at rear, innermost rays branched and longest; tail fin rounded, with 12 branched rays in center and 9 unbranched rays above and 8 below; body covered with scales, scales large, rough, absent on head except on nape to level of preopercular margin, 25 in lateral series; no lateral line.
Translucent; head and body with scattered translucent orange blotches and small black spots; snout, cheeks, eyes and top of head whitish; two rows of small black spots across top of eye-ball; a black bar from eye down to rear end of top jaw; head without black stripes; no black blotch behind eye in adults; ~5 elongate internal white blotches along vertebral column, a large cluster of small black dots internally on the stomach area; first dorsal fin with upper front tip black, and 2 rows of black dots across center and base of fin, or a black stripe across center of fin, no black blotch between spines II & III; second dorsal with 2 rows of black dots; 2 lines of black spots forming an X across the underside of the throat and covering the pelvic fins of the male; pectoral base white, with a faint black spot on upper part, center of fin whitish.
Reaches ~2.5 cm.
Lives on sandy substrates around reefs.
Depth range: 10-28 m.
Florida to the S 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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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- 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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- Omnivore
- Detritivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Benthic microalgae
- Detritus
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- All species..
- GC endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 2.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 10
- Depth Range Max
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- 28
