Gobiidae Cuvier 1816

Angulo, Arturo, Betts, Joel T., González-Alemán, Néstor J., Castañeda, Edgar, Berghe, Eric Van Den, Elías, Diego J., Mcmahan, Caleb D. & Matamoros, Wilfredo A., 2023, Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families, Zootaxa 5376 (1), pp. 1-89 : 35

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10249527

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scientific name

Gobiidae Cuvier 1816
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Family Gobiidae Cuvier 1816 View in CoL View at ENA ( Fig. 3J View FIGURE 3 ). Gobies, Crested Gobies, Eel-Gobies, Frillfins, Mudsuckers; Gobios, Chupapiedras, Chaquetas, Bocones, Guasetas

Description: Body elongate, stout; up to 60 cm in length, but usually less than 10 cm; head short, broad; snout rounded; lateral line absent, but canals and pores on head presents; pelvic fins generally fused, forming a sucking disc; two separate dorsal fins, the first with 4–8 weak spines, the second with one weak spine and 9–18 rays ( Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016). Distribution: Marine, brackish, or rarely freshwater; most tropical and subtropical areas (Nelson et al. 2016). Nine genera and seventeen species in Nicaraguan freshwaters.

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