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Elacatinus figaro Sazima, Moura & Rosa, 1997

Barber goby
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Brazil country information

Common names: Barber goby, Neon goby
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Feitoza, B.M., R.S. Rosa and L.A. Rocha, 2005
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Ranges from Ceará (Ref. 57756) to Porto Belo, Santa Catarina (Ref. 27343). Museum: Pedra do Navio, Ilha Ancieta, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, MZUSP 50859 (holotype, 3.19 cm SL, male); UFPB 3464. Arquipélago dos Alcatrazes, Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo, MZUSP 44611. Parati, Rio de Janeiro, MZUSP 46164. Porto Belo, Santa Catarina, MZUSP 49139. Ilha do Papagaio, Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, MZUSP 50066. Saco do Paia, Ilha da Vitoria, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, UFPB 3465 (Ref. 27343). Traded as an aquarium fish at Fortaleza, Ceará where it is often misidentified as Gobiosoma evelynae by untrained wholesalers (Ref. 49392).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Sazima, I., R.L. Moura and R.S. Rosa, 1996
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Elacatinus: Greek, elakatines = fusiform fishes preserved in salt (Ref. 45335);  figaro: From the cleaning habits of this goby. Noun in apposition..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 20 m (Ref. 27343).   Tropical; 7°S - 28°S

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