Elacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904 is a animal in the Gobiidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Elacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904
Elacatinus oceanops, the neon goby, is a small North American cleaner goby found in aquariums and coral reefs from Florida to Belize.
Elacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904, commonly called the neon goby, is a goby species native to Atlantic and Gulf coast waters of North America, ranging from Florida to Belize. It is a cleaner fish that lives on coral heads at depths between 1 and 45 meters (3.3 to 147.6 feet). This species reaches a maximum total length of 5 centimeters (2.0 inches), and it is available in the aquarium trade.
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Eviota sebreei Jordan & Seale, 1906
Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758
Bryaninops natans Larson, 1985
Caffrogobius saldanha (Barnard, 1927)
Oplopomus oplopomus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853)
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