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Gobiidae
highfin goby
Gobionellus oceanicus
Twenty Seven Centimeters Goby from Mexican Waters
- Tropical
- Estuary
- Lower river
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
MediumThe highfin goby (Gobionellus oceanicus) is a species of fish belonging to the family Gobiidae.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Gobies and Allies
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Gobionellus
- Maximum length
- 27 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: USA (Virginia) to southern Brazil; occasionally taken as far north as Great Bay estuary, New Jersey; including Mississippi Sound, Gulf of Mexico off Port Aransas, Texas; the muddy coast of French Guiana and especially common along the lower Cayenne River.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
