violet goby

Gobioides broussonnetii

Goby in Mexican Waters

Purple
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Anguilliform
Large
Tropical fish

The violet goby (Gobioides broussonnetii) is a species of goby native to marine, fresh and brackish waters near the Atlantic coast of North and South America from South Carolina in the United States, to northern Brazil. It prefers bays, estuaries and river mouths with muddy substrates. It is found in the aquarium trade, where it is often marketed as dragon goby or dragon fish.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Gobies and Allies
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Gobioides
Maximum length: 55.3 cm
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Charleston, South Carolina southward to Florida, along the Gulf of Mexico coasts of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and eastern-central Texas; along the Caribbean coast of Colombia, eastward to Venezuela, Surinam, Guyana, French Guiana, and Brazil as far south as Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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