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skilletfish (Gobiesox strumosus)
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Gobiesocidae

skilletfish

Gobiesox strumosus

Dark reticulated lines around eyes

  • Tropical
  • Coastal
  • Regional distribution
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

skilletfish is a marine fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 8 cm.

Maximum length
8 cm
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, New Jersey and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to southeastern Brazil; absent from Bahamas. Eastern Central Pacific: coastal lagoons and tidal flats of Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayarit, Mexico (Ref. 27659 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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