Gomez' shrimpgoby
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10. Characterized by pale grey to whitish body with orange spots on head; six blotches at lower side of body; upper half of body with brown mottling; brown basal blotch at posterior part of first dorsal fin; dorsal rays VI+I,10; anal rays I,10; pectoral rays 15; pelvic rays I,5; longitudinal scale series 47-56; gill rakers rudimentary, 1-2; circumpeduncular scales 16-17; head, nape and pectoral area without scales; ctenoid scales on body becoming cycloid on belly, breast and side anterior to level of about middle of first dorsal fin; absence of posterior oculoscapular canal and associated pores; moderately elongate body, depth 5.1-5.8 at pelvic fin origin; opening of gill extending forward to vertical at posterior edge of preopercle; elevated first dorsal fin, no filamentous spines, third spine longest, 3.6-4.3 in SL; ovate caudal fin with rounded margin, 3.0-3.4 in SL .: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 8 - 15 m . Tropical
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