FB-57904 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57904 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Stomiiformes Stomiidae Melanostomias Melanostomias margaritifer Regan & Trewavas, 1930 Whiteband goby Chriolepis imswe (Greenfield, 1981) Varicus imswe Greenfield, 1981 2001-04-18 2008-09-22 Smith, C.L.0 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) Murdy, E.O. and D.F. Hoese0 Gobiidae. Gobies. p. 1781-1796. In K.E. Carpenter (ed.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and marine mammals. (Ref. 51464) Smith, C.L., J.C. Tyler, W.P. Davis, R.S. Jones, D.G. Smith and C.C. Baldwin0 Fishes of the Pelican Cays, Belize. Atoll Reseach Bulletin (497):ii + 1-88. (Ref. 58423) Patzner, R.A., J.L. Van Tassell, M. Kovačić and B.G. Kapoor0 The biology of gobies. Enfield, NH : Science Publishers ; Boca Raton, FL : DIstributed by CRC Press, 685 p. (Ref. 92840) Tornabene, L., J.L. Van Tassel, D.R. Robertson and C.C. Baldwin0 Molecular phylogeny, analysis of discrete character evolution, and submersible collections facilitate a new classification for a diverse group of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini: <i>Nes</i> subgroup), with descriptions of nine new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177(4):764-812. (Ref. 113825) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-57911 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-04-23 00:00:00 2017-01-11 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57911 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Rare in collections that little is known about the distribution and ecology (Ref. 92840). Smith, C.L. 1997 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938) FB-DiagnosticDescr-57911 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-01-11 00:00:00 2017-01-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57911 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration Distinguished by the following characters: possesses all taxonomic characters present in most members of Gobiosomatini and Gobiosoma group (D1 VII, pterygiophore insertion pattern of 3-221110, vertebrae 27 with precaudal 11 and caudal 16, hypurals 1 and are 2 fused to some extent with hypurals 3 and 4 and the terminal vertebral element, 1 epural); pelvic fins are well separated, without both anterior frenum and well-developed membrane connecting innermost rays; pelvic-fin rays 1-5 unbranched, no flattened or fleshy tips; pelvic-fin rays very long, fourth ray extend posteriorly to origin of last anal-fin ray or beyond; scales on body (modified basicaudal scales present); an anal-fin pterygiophore inserted before first haemal spine, no cephalic lateralis canals and pores; D2 I,7; A I,7;body, head, and fins have a light yellowish orange hue, with diffuse dark vertical bars alongside of body, and very dark wide vertical band over posterior end of caudal peduncle and on the base of the caudal rays (Ref. 113825). Tornabene, L., J.L. Van Tassel, D.R. Robertson and C.C. Baldwin 2016 Molecular phylogeny, analysis of discrete character evolution, and submersible collections facilitate a new classification for a diverse group of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini: <i>Nes</i> subgroup), with descriptions of nine new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177(4):764-812. (Ref. 113825) FB-Morphology-57911 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-01-11 00:00:00 2017-01-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57911 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 27 Tornabene, L., J.L. Van Tassel, D.R. Robertson and C.C. Baldwin 2016 Molecular phylogeny, analysis of discrete character evolution, and submersible collections facilitate a new classification for a diverse group of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini: <i>Nes</i> subgroup), with descriptions of nine new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177(4):764-812. (Ref. 113825) FB-Distribution-57911 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-04-23 00:00:00 2025-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57911 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Western Atlantic: Eleuthera Islands, Bahamas; Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. Smith, C.L. 1997 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938) FB-Size-57911 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-04-23 00:00:00 2017-01-11 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57911 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 1.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 92840)) Patzner, R.A., J.L. Van Tassell, M. Kovačić and B.G. Kapoor 2011 The biology of gobies. Enfield, NH : Science Publishers ; Boca Raton, FL : DIstributed by CRC Press, 685 p. (Ref. 92840) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-57911 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-04-23 00:00:00 2017-01-11 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57911 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription demersal; marine; depth range 15 - 91 m (Ref. 92840) Patzner, R.A., J.L. Van Tassell, M. Kovačić and B.G. Kapoor 2011 The biology of gobies. Enfield, NH : Science Publishers ; Boca Raton, FL : DIstributed by CRC Press, 685 p. (Ref. 92840)