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Neon Goby

Elacatinus oceanops

Also known as: Blue Neon Goby, Bluestripe Neon Goby, Cleaner Goby, Neon Blue Goby, Northern Neon Goby

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
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Adult
@MaastrichianGuy · US, United States · October 20191 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, or in pairs, on live coral heads and sponges, at cleaning stations, waiting for customers.

Cleaner gobies stay around "cleaning stations" where they wait around for fish to come along to be cleaned by removing ectoparasites from their bodies.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
cleanercleaning stationpairssolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Central Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found singly, or in pairs, on live coral heads and sponges, at cleaning stations, waiting for customers.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGobiiformes
    5. familyGobiidae
    6. genusElacatinus
    7. speciesElacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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