Species: Chriolepis dialepta, White-starred goby
Chriolepis dialepta Bussing, 1990
White-starred goby
Body compressed; head broad, somewhat flattened; head without pores; papillae on most parts of head and nape; front nostril larger than rear nostril, both tubular; mouth slightly oblique, lower jaw slightly projecting; tongue broad, front straight; dorsal fin VII (none filamentous) + I, 10 (10-11); I, 9 anal fin rays, pectoral 17-22 rays; pelvic fins completely separate, with branched rays; tail fin rounded; body scaled from level of middle of spiny dorsal rearwards, small and smooth at front, larger and rough at rear, 27-29 rows, 4 large rough scales on base of tail fin.
Head reddish with small star-shaped white dots; about 6 irregular white bars along flank, and ~ 6 white saddles on back; tail fin with dark bar at base; spinous dorsal with inner black band; soft dorsal with 5 oblique rows of black spots; anal fin with black outer stripe.
Size: 5 cm.
Habitat: rubble and sand bottoms.
Depth: 2-30 m.
Endemic to Cocos Island.
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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 only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Cocos Island endemic
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- TEP endemic
- Island (s) only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Vulnerable
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5
- Depth Range Min
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- 2
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
