Species: Eleotrica cableae, Cable goby, Marbled goby
upper head pores with flaps
flank - dark dashes
Eleotrica cableae Ginsburg, 1933
Marbled goby, Cable goby
Head flattened, with eyes on top; 5 head pores with fleshy flaps at margin, none on preopercle; rear nostril longer than front nostril; fringe of cirri above rear of top lip; tongue slightly notched at front; dorsal fin VII + I, 9-11; anal rays I, 10; pectoral rays 18-19; pelvic fins I, 5, separate except for inner rays being connected at their base by a low ridge; large fish without scales, small individuals with 2 or 4 imbedded, very rough scales at base of tail fin.
Brown to nearly white; head with small white spots; body with larger white spots and sometimes blotches or wavy vertical lines; a short dark bar on lower part of edge of gill cover; males with midlateral row of double brown spots and oblique dark stripes on dorsal fins.
Size: to 7 cm.
Inhabits sand-rubble adjacent to rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-5 m.
Galapagos Islands.
High Resolution Map Download
- Salinity
-
- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
-
- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
-
- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
-
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Sand & gravel
- Rocks
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef and soft bottom
- FishBase Habitat
-
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
-
- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
-
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
-
- No data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
-
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
-
- Island (s) only
- Galapagos Islands endemic
- Island (s)
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Residency
-
- Resident
- Climate Zone
-
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
-
- Vulnerable
- Listed
- CITES
-
- Not listed
- Length Max
-
- 7
- Depth Range Min
-
- 1
- Depth Range Max
-
- 5
