Gobionellus liolepis (Meek & Hildebrand 1928)

This species differs from its congeners by the following characters: terminal mouth oblique; absence of a large blotch on pectoral-fin base; trunk with a large blotch anterodorsally beneath pectoral fin and a series of small midlateral spots, but no series of large midlateral blotches with vertical extensions; D2 and A each with 15 elements; broadly confluent dorsal fins; small cycloid scales completely covering trunk and nape, with 70 or more in a lateral series; upper jaw with one complete row of teeth in most specimens, but 2 or 3 appearing in larger individuals; first gill arch with 8 thin rakers on ceratobranchial, 6 on epibranchial (Ref. 55435).

Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 15

Collected from tidepools, over sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 55435).