Panamanian Greenbanded Goby (Elacatinus panamensis)

Scientific name: Elacatinus panamensis Victor, 2010

The Panamanian Greenbanded Goby (Elacatinus panamensis) is a marine fish of the family Gobiidae.

Biology

A species of Elacatinus with dorsal-fin elements VII, 11 (rare 12); anal-fin elements 10 (uncommon 9); pectoral-fin rays 20?21 (19?21); pelvic fins fully-joined, short cup-like disk complete; no scales; a pale head with a prominent red stripe from the tip of the snout across the eye ending abruptly above the pectoral-fin base with a short orange segment, followed by a short black segment; a dark green body with 16?23 thin light green bars along the full length of the body. Juveniles and adults of both sexes are similarly marked. The head is pale with a single prominent red stripe running from the tip of the snout across the eye ending abruptly above the pectoral-fin base with a short brightorange segment followed immediately by a short black segment. The background body color is an olive green, sometimes dark, with 16?23 thin green bars along the full length. The narrow bars usually run vertically over the full depth of the body, but many individuals have unique variations, such as b

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Species facts

Scientific name
Elacatinus panamensis
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
2.3
Environment
Marine; reef-associated
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Atlantic Ocean: known from the Atlantic coast of Panama from Colon to the San Blas Islands. The range extends eastward only into the adjacent Gulf of Urab? in Colombia (A. Acero pers. comm.) and confirmed reports extend westward only to the Costa Rican border (Robertson, pers. comm.).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries:

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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