Species: Gobioides peruanus, Peruvian eel-goby, Smalleye eel-goby
eye tiny
D & A fused to C
teeth long
Gobioides peruanus (Steindachner, 1880)
Peruvian eel-goby, Smalleye eel-goby
Body very elongate (depth 9-14% of SL), compressed, eel-like; head small (5-8% of SL), square, with pores; eyes small (about 2x size of rear nostril), skin covered, high on side of head; mouth large, oblique, top jaw extends past eye, lower jaw projecting; teeth canine-like, in 1-3 rows on sides of jaws, 1 row in middle, outer row of teeth close-set; gill rakers short, blunt, 8-11; one, long-based dorsal fin, with VII flexible spines, 14-15 rays; anal fin: I (tiny), 15 rays; pectorals about same length as pelvics, 18-19; pelvics fused in rounded disc that is free from belly; tail fin long, pointed, broadly joined to dorsal and anal fins; scales small, smooth, on body and cheeks, front scales often imbedded.
Pale tan with golden sheen on gill cover and side of body; upper back brown with dark bar-like extensions reaching middle of side of body, then extending below as thin dark oblique lines, these becoming obscure on posterior third of body.
Size: attains 45 cm.
Inhabits brackish tidal rivers and estuaries as well as fresh water, lives in muddy burrows.
Depth: 1-15 m.
El Salvador to Peru.
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- Salinity
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- Non Marine
- Freshwater
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Estuary
- Freshwater
- Mud
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Herbivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Zooplankton
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Continent
- Panamic province endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- 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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- 45
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 15
