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Masked Goby

Coryphopterus personatus

Also known as: Caribbean Reef Goby, Gudgeon, Reef Goby, Striped Goby, Crystal Goby, Glass Goby

VUVulnerableIUCN Red List, 2015
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@fishx6 · Bonaire - Dive site - Oil Slick, Caribbean Netherlands · November 20101 / 7
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Overview

Found in schools, close to columns and heads of live corals, hovering above bottoms of caves and in shaded areas of the reefs.

Difficult to distinguish this goby and the Coryphopterus hyalinus under water!

Reef Gobies have the largest and smallest species usually with very distinctive colouring.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
dasheswhite dashes
Behaviour
hoveringschoolingshelters in caves

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Central Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found in schools, close to columns and heads of live corals, hovering above bottoms of caves and in shaded areas of the reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusCoryphopterus
    7. speciesCoryphopterus personatus (Jordan & Thompson, 1905)

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