Island Cleaner Goby

Elacatinus nesiotes

Elongate; head rounded, depressed; upper lip connected to snout at front; a pore midway between front of the two eyes; 2 pores on preopercle; no teeth on roof of mouth; tongue with blunt tip; dorsal VII (1st spine longest) + I, 10-11; anal rays I, 9-10; pectoral rays 17-19; pelvic fins fused in a disc; tail rounded; no scales.

Head red above, orange on sides, yellow below, with 3 narrow white brown-edged bars; body white with 5-7 pairs of wide dark-edged orange-brown superficial bars, some forking below, each pair of bars overlaying a large internal dark blotch; dorsal fins with dark streaks in middle; tail and anal dark brown; pelvics and pectorals pale.

Size: 3 cm.
Island Cleaner Goby - Elacatinus nesiotes This Spotting is not about the White Tip Shark but the small fish on its snout. Island Cleaner Goby - Elacatinus nesiotes is a small and elongated, blunt head red to beyond pectoral fins, three thin whitish bars on head; ten broad orange-brown bars on whitish body. Two separated dorsal fins, fins transparent. Size around 2.5 cm. This Goby is endemic to Cocos Island Cocos Island,Costa Rica,Elacatinus nesiotes,Geotagged,Goby,Island Cleaner Goby,Spring

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Eastern Pacific, and is only known from three locations: Isla del Coco, the Galápagos and Gorgona Island, Colombia (Hoese and Reader 2001).

Status

Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1

References:

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http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/183307/0
http://eol.org/pages/214658/overview
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderGobiiformes
FamilyGobiidae
GenusElacatinus
SpeciesElacatinus nesiotes
Photographed in
Costa Rica