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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Gobiosoma: Latin, gobius = gudgeon + Greek,soma = body (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Ginsburg.
Etymology: Gobiosoma: Latin, gobius = gudgeon + Greek,soma = body (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Ginsburg.
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Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 14 m (Ref. 92840). Tropical
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Eastern Central Pacific. known only from the coast of Central America (from El Salvador to Panama, including in the Canal Zone).
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Distinguished by having the following characteristics: small; mottled brown and white barred color pattern; small barbels near the nostrils; pair of barbels under the chin; head and body without scales except for two enlarged basicaudal scales at the base of caudal fin (Ref. 92840).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Inhabits coastal shallow environments to depths of 14 m. Found in habitats with mud or sand mixed with shell and/or rock, also in tidepools (Ref. 92840). Collected with rotenone around gorgonian covered boulders and barnacle rubble, and from scree fields which slope down to silty mud (Ref. 95098).
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Hoese, D.F., 1995. Gobiidae. Gobios, chanquetes y guasetas. p. 1129-1135. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9304)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 February 2024
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