Widebanded cleaning goby (Elacatinus limbaughi)

Scientific name: Elacatinus limbaughi Hoese & Reader, 2001

The Widebanded cleaning goby (Elacatinus limbaughi) is a marine fish of the family Gobiidae. Native range: Eastern Central Pacific, Mexico.

Biology

Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7 - 10. This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following set of characters: head plump, more or less rounded, dorsoventrally compressed; head broad, with the anterior outline of the head forming a smooth convex curve when viewed dorsally; most males with one, rarely two, dorsal-fin spines filamentous first spine reaching to between last first dorsal- fin spine base to fifth second dorsal-fin ray base, occasionally to ninth second dorsal-fin ray base; pectoral rays usually 20-21; D2 usually I,10; A usually I,9; basicaudal scales absent; body with broad dark brown bands, with smooth vertical margins.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Elacatinus limbaughi
Family
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
3.3
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Data deficient (DD)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (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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