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Morphology

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Analsoft rays: 7
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Biology

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Inhabits rivers and creeks between 25 and 580 m elevation, in currents of high velocity and feeds on fish, fish scales and aquatic insects (Ref. 36880). Occurs solitarily in streams (Ref. 11225).
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Gobiesox cephalus

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Gobiesox cephalus, the riverine clingfish or smooth clingfish, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae.[1] It is found in the coastal river drainages of the Caribbean from Cuba[2] south to Colombia and Venezuela.[1] It occurs in freshwater, and sometimes in brackish water, preferring a fast current.[1][2] It is a solitary species which feeds on fishscales, insects and small fish.[1] It is the type species if the genus Gobiesox and was described by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1800 with Amérique méridionale (Central America) given as the type locality.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Gobiesox cephalus" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. ^ a b "Species: Gobiesox cephalus, Riverine clingfish, Smooth clingfish". Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Gobiesox cephalus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
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Gobiesox cephalus: Brief Summary

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Gobiesox cephalus, the riverine clingfish or smooth clingfish, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae. It is found in the coastal river drainages of the Caribbean from Cuba south to Colombia and Venezuela. It occurs in freshwater, and sometimes in brackish water, preferring a fast current. It is a solitary species which feeds on fishscales, insects and small fish. It is the type species if the genus Gobiesox and was described by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1800 with Amérique méridionale (Central America) given as the type locality.

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