peppermint goby

Coryphopterus lipernes

Fish Reaching Three Centimeters in the Caribbean Sea

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

Coryphopterus lipernes, the peppermint goby, is a species of goby found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Bahamas to Central America and the Lesser Antilles.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Coryphopterus
Maximum length: 3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida Keys, USA to Central America (Ref. 7251 ). Also Bahamas, Caribbean, including Antilles (Ref. 26938 ).
Conservation status: VUVulnerable

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