Elacatinus horsti (Metzelaar 1922)

Elacatinus horsti és una espècie de peix de la família dels gòbids i de l'ordre dels perciformes.

Morfologia

Els mascles poden assolir els 5 cm de longitud total.^[3][4]

Distribució geogràfica

Es troba des del sud de Florida (Estats Units) i les Bahames fins a Curaçao i Panamà.^[3]

Referències

Bibliografia

• Bussing, W.A., 1990, New species of gobiid fishes of the genera Lythrypnus, Elacatinus and Chriolepis from the eastern tropical Pacific., Revista de Biología Tropical, 38(1):99-118.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, núm. 1, vol. 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, Califòrnia, Estats Units. 2905. ISBN 0-940228-47-5.
• Fenner, Robert M.: The Conscientious Marine Aquarist. Neptune City, Nova Jersey, Estats Units: T.F.H. Publications, 2001.
• Helfman, G., B. Collette i D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts (Estats Units), 1997.
• Hoese, D.F. 1986: Gobiidae. p. 774-807. A M.M. Smith i P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlín, Alemanya.
• Larson, H.K. i E.O. Murdy 2001. Gobiidae. Gobies. p. 3578-3603. A K.E. Carpenter i V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae). FAO, Roma, Itàlia.
• Maugé, L.A. 1986. Gobiidae. p. 358-388. A J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse i D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussel·les; MRAC, Tervuren, Flandes; i ORSTOM, París, França. Vol. 2.
• Metzelaar, J. 1922. On a collection of marine fishes from the Lesser Antilles. Bijdr. Dierkd. v. 22: 133-141.
• Moyle, P. i J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4a edició, Upper Saddle River, Nova Jersey, Estats Units: Prentice-Hall. Any 2000.
• Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3a edició. Nova York, Estats Units: John Wiley and Sons. Any 1994.
• Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2a edició, Londres: Macdonald. Any 1985.

Enllaços externs

• AQUATAB.NET

Elacatinus horsti, the yellowline goby, is a species of goby native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Description

The yellowline goby grows to be 5 cm (2.0 in) in length. It has a rounded snout and a long, slim body. The upper parts are black and the underside is grey, gradually paling to white. Some fish have a bright, yellow stripes running along each side from the eye to the tail, with often a yellow spot or short line on the snout. In juvenile fish, this stripe is shorter and extends just beyond the base of the pectoral fin. Young Elacatinus chancei is very similar in appearance, but in that species, the yellow line hardly reaches the pectoral fin. In another form of the fish, the stripe is white, paling to a bluish-grey colour beyond the pectoral fin. The dorsal fin is in two parts, and has seven spines and 11 to 12 soft rays. The pectoral fin then has 18 rays and the anal fin has a single spine and 10 soft rays.^[2][3]

Distribution

The yellowline goby is found on the Gulf Coast of the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Bahamas, Curaçao, and Panama. It is found on reefs at depths between 7 and 27 m (23 and 89 ft).^[2]

Biology

The yellowline goby is always found living in association with a tubular sponge such as Verongia aerophoba or a massive sponge such as Neofibularia nolitangere and feeding on the parasitic worms Haplosyllis spongicola that live in large numbers on these sponges.^[4] It also eats other invertebrates that live on the seabed and plankton.^[5]

Name

The specific name honours the Dutch biologist Cornelius van der Horst (1889-1951), who collected the type while staying on Curacao in 1920.^[6]

References

Elacatinus horsti es una especie de peces de la familia de los Gobiidae en el orden de los Perciformes.

Morfología

Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 5 cm de longitud total.^[1]​^[2]​

Distribución geográfica

Se encuentra desde el sur de Florida (Estados Unidos) y Bahamas hasta Curaçao y Panamá.

Observaciones

Es inofensivo para los humanos.

Referencias

Bibliografía

• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, núm. 1, vol. 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos. 2905. ISBN 0-940228-47-5.
• Fenner, Robert M.: The Conscientious Marine Aquarist. Neptune City, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos : T.F.H. Publications, 2001.
• Helfman, G., B. Collette y D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos , 1997.
• Hoese, D.F. 1986: Gobiidae. p. 774-807. A M.M. Smith y P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlín, Alemania.
• Maugé, L.A. 1986. Gobiidae. p. 358-388. A J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse y D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Bruselas; MRAC, Tervuren, Flandes; y ORSTOM, París, Francia. Vol. 2.
• Moyle, P. y J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4a. edición, Upper Saddle River, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos: Prentice-Hall. Año 2000.
• Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3a. edición. Nueva York, Estados Unidos: John Wiley and Sons. Año 1994.
• Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2a. edición, Londres: Macdonald. Año 1985.
• Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao y C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwán.

Elacatinus horsti Elacatinus generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Actinopterygii klasean sailkatzen da, Gobiidae familian.

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Erreferentziak

• FhisBase.org

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• Elacatinus
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Elacatinus horsti is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van grondels (Gobiidae).^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1922 door Metzelaar.