Species: Elacatinus serranilla, Serranilla goby
side stripe: narrow, silvery-blue, eye to C center, edged with narrow black stripes
top lip separate from snout
Elacatinus serranilla Randall & Lobel, 2009
Serranilla goby
Elongate; head compressed; mouth U-shaped, a little under snout; upper lip separated from snout by a groove; tongue straight edged; teeth in upper jaw in 2 rows, those of males with outer row of 2 enlarged fangs near rear; lower jaw with three large fangs, females also with enlarged canines; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VII, spines relatively long + I, 10, rays relatively long; length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 10, rays relatively long; pectoral fins 18 (17-18); pelvic fins I, 5, disk complete; tail rounded; no scales; no lateral line.
Upper 2/3 of head and body blackish; snout with a narrow median blue-white bar from top lip to between front of eyes; a narrow (<eye) blue-white stripe runs high along body from top of eye to ~center of tail fin; black stripes above and below blue-white stripe are narrow, top stripe extends to center of tail fin, bottom stripe to about end of fin.
Reaches: 4.0 cm.
Habitat: Sponge dweller in lagoon and barrier habitats.
Depth: 15-24 m.
Known from Serranilla Bank, Jamaica and Hispaniola
Note: A member of the E. xanthiprora species complex.
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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 (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Sponges
- Reef only
- 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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- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Caribbean endemic
- All species..
- Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s) 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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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 4
- Depth Range Min
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- 15
- Depth Range Max
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- 24
