Species: Gobionellus daguae, Choco goby
Gobionellus daguae (Eigenmann, 1918)
Choco goby
Elongate, compressed; head a little compressed, snout broadly rounded; mouth opens at front, horizontal, ends under front edge of pupil; teeth on both jaws fine and numerous, 1-3 rows on top jaw (inner row may be strongly curved), 2-3 rows on bottom jaw, no large canines near front of bottom jaw; front nostril tubular; rear nostril a pit; eyes large, high on sides of head; between eyes narrow; preopercle canal with 3 pores; a single pore between eyes; 6-7 + 7-8 triangular gill rakers with flexible bases; dorsal fin VI, 1st 4 spines longest, filamentous, curved, reaching to base of 4th dorsal ray + I, 12-13; anal I, 12-13; pelvic I, 5 disk complete; tail fin long and pointed; scales rough on body, absent on head, nape and chest, 28-35 large scales in lateral series.
Olive; back with dark mottling; a row of short bars or elongate blotches along mid-flank, alternate ones smaller, last at base of tail; nape with 2 narrow cross bars; narrow dark stripe from mouth to edge of opercle; oblique bar under eye; pectoral translucent with large black spot on upper base; tail and soft dorsal with small black spots, forming bars; spinous dorsal with black rear margin; anal and pectoral light; pelvics dusky.
Size: 13.5 cm.
Habitat: brackish water in estuaries.
Depth: 0-5 m.
Eastern Panama and Colombia.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Non Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Estuary
- Mud
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Herbivore
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent
- Continent only
- Panamic province endemic
- 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)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 13.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
