Elacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904 is a animal in the Gobiidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Elacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904
Elacatinus oceanops, the neon goby, is a small North American cleaner goby found in aquariums and coral reefs from Florida to Belize.
Identify with AI — OfflineElacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904, commonly called the neon goby, is a goby species native to Atlantic and Gulf coast waters of North America, ranging from Florida to Belize.
It is a cleaner fish that lives on coral heads at depths between 1 and 45 meters (3.3 to 147.6 feet).
This species reaches a maximum total length of 5 centimeters (2.0 inches), and it is available in the aquarium trade.
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Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell, 1830)
Amblyeleotris steinitzi (Klausewitz, 1974)
Pomatoschistus marmoratus (Risso, 1810)
Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes, 1837)
Lophogobius cyprinoides (Pallas, 1770)
Stiphodon percnopterygionus Watson & Chen, 1998
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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