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Elacatinus limbaughi Hoese and Reader, 2001
WIDE-BANDED CLEANER-GOBY
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Elacatinus limbaughi
© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12
Elacatinus limbaughi

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Elacatinus limbaughi
© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12
Elacatinus limbaughi
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Overview
Main identification features
  • red front, brown rear
  • head and body - thin, straight pale bars
Dorsal rays VII + I, 9; anal rays I,9; pectoral rays 20-21; pelvic disc present; no scales about 10 pores on head; males may develop filamentous prolongation of first dorsal spine.

Head and anterior part of body red orange grading to dark brown posteriorly; head with 3 pink to whitish bars, 9-10 straight narrow white bars on body.

Size: reaches 3.4 cm.

Inhabits rocky reefs, cleans parasites from other fishes (frequently moray eels).

Depth: 5-30 m?.

Central Gulf of California to central Mexico.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos).
Depth Range Max: 30 m.
Depth Range Min: 5 m.
Diet: ectoparasites; sessile worms; sessile crustacea.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=29; Southern limit=21; Western limit=-112; Eastern limit=-106; Latitudinal range=8; Longitudinal range=6.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore; Ectoparasite cleaner.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 3.4 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
  • Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional.
  • Hoese , D. F. and Reader, S., 2001., A preliminary review of the eastern pacific species of Elacatinus (Gobioidei: Gobiidae)., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 49(Supplement 1):157-168.
  • Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp.
  • Thomson , D.A. , Findley , L.T. and Kerstitch, A.N., 2000., Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez., University of Texas Press(Revised Ed.):353.

Acknowledgements

I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.


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