Species: Coryphopterus urospilus, Redlight goby
Coryphopterus urospilus Ginsburg, 1938
Redlight goby
Snout profile straight to rounded; nape with low crest; mouth small, relatively horizontal; some teeth enlarged, none on roof of mouth; head pores present, usually 1 between center of eyes, 1 pair between rear nostrils; papillae on cheek in 1 horizontal row; mouth small, relatively horizontal; some teeth enlarged, none on roof of mouth; gill membranes broadly joined to body under throat, with 5 rays; dorsal fin VI +I, 8-9 rays, length of 2nd dorsal base > distance from 2nd dorsal base to tail fin; anal fin I, 8-9 rays; pectoral rays 19-21 (usually 20); pelvics fused into a disc; tail fin rounded; body covered with scales, scales large, rough, absent on head; midlateral scales 25-26.
Head & body semi-transparent; head with a series of reddish-orange stripes; body with about 5 horizontal rows of reddish-orange to brown spots on side; several internal elongate white blotches along center of rear flank; base of tail fin with a dark brown spot bounded above and below by a white spot; a pair of red-orange to brown spots on base of pectoral fin.
Maximum size, 8 cm.
Inhabits sand-rubble fringe of rocky reefs or coral patches.
Depth: 2-40 m.
Central Baja and the Gulf of California to central Peru, the Revillagigedos, Malpelo, the Galapagos and Cocos.
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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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef and soft bottom
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- TEP endemic
- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 8
- Depth Range Min
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- 2
- Depth Range Max
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- 40
