Lizardfish goby
📖 Overview
Found on a calcareous sand and dead Halimeda spp. algal rubble area, with dispersed shallow calcareous rock ledges .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Anal soft rays: 11; Vertebrae: 27. This species can be distinguished by the following set of characters: D1 VII, no elongate filamentous spines present; D2 I, 11; A I, 11; P 20; V I, 5, separate, rays 1-4 branched between 2 and 4 times, 5th pelvic-fin ray long and unbranched, three-quarters length of 4th pelvic-fin ray, no fleshy tips present on pelvic-fin rays; body scaled with 47-53 ctenoid scales, modified basicaudal scales present; head and preopercle canals and pores absent; a transverse sensory papillae pattern with row 5s/5i connected, interorbital papillae pc' and pe' present; two anal-fin pterygiophores inserted anterior to haemal arch .Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Lizardfish goby is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Lizardfish goby is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Lizardfish goby is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 282 - ? m . Tropical Central Atlantic: Bahamas.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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