Species: Coryphopterus curasub, Yellow-spotted goby, Yellow-spotted sand-goby

head: yellow stripes & spots

Coryphopterus curasub Baldwin & Robertson, 2015
Yellow-spotted sand-goby
Snout profile straight; head pores present, usually 1 between center of eyes, 1 pair between rear nostril; top of head without a prominent crest; papillae on cheek in horizontal rows; mouth small, relatively horizontal; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VI + I, 10 (9-10); length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 9; pectoral rays 19-20; pelvic fins I, 5, all soft rays branched, fused to form a disc, without anterior membrane between spines; tail fin rounded; body covered with scales, scales large, rough, absent from head, approximately 26 in lateral series; no lateral line.
Ground color white; body with four rows of yellow/orange blotches: top row (10-11 blotches) along top body profile from head to caudal peduncle; second row (4-6 blotches) from operculum to under 1st dorsal fin; third row (10+ blotches, these largest & most strongly colored) from rear edge of eye to caudal peduncle, lowest row (5-7 blotches) from under of origin of second dorsal fin to rear of caudal peduncle; numerous small spots of yellow/black among blotches in most rows; first row of body blotches continues along the top of head to just behind the eye, second row continues forward as a yellow stripe through center of the eye to side of snout, third row continues forward as a yellow stripe along lower edge of eye to middle of the top jaw; an additional yellow stripe from preopercle to rear end of lower jaw; a black patch beneath front lower edge of eye; tail fin base with a dusky blotch that includes a thin internal dark cross-shaped bar , bordered behind at top and bottom by yellow blotches, lower of these much stronger; 1st dorsal fin with three yellow stripes, 2nd dorsal with 3-4; anal fin with broad yellow stripe along middle of fin; pectoral fin base with a strong yellow spot at top and bottom.
Reaches: 4.2 cm.
Depth: 70-97 m
Habitat: Coral reefs; sandy patches between rocks.
Known only from Curacao.

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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 only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- Reef and soft bottom
- 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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- Detritivore
- Omnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Benthic microalgae
- Detritus
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Caribbean endemic
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- Antilles endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 4.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 70
- Depth Range Max
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- 97