Stippled clingfish (Gobiesox punctulatus)

Scientific name: Gobiesox punctulatus Poey, 1876

Stippled clingfish (Gobiesox punctulatus)

The Stippled clingfish (Gobiesox punctulatus) is a marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae. Native range: Western Atlantic, Bahamas and Texas, Florida, (USA) to northern South America. Antilles, Belize, Honduras, Grand Cayman, Isla de Providencia, Panama, Venezuela.

Species facts

Scientific name
Gobiesox punctulatus
Family
Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits)
Order
Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
6.3
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Bahamas and Texas, Florida, (USA) to northern South America. Antilles, Belize, Honduras, Grand Cayman, Isla de Providencia, Panama, Venezuela.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

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