Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 11. Characterized by having: terminal mouth position; thin white lateral stripe from eye to caudal peduncle and thin white bar on snout; naked and elongate body, laterally compressed; absence of rostral frenum; rounded tongue; dorsal fin without elongated anterior spines; caudal fin rounded; complete ventral fin cup (Ref. 50538).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Elacatinus

Species: Elacatinus lori Colin, 2002

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

The only shallow-water sponge-dwelling Elacatinus found in the Gulf of Honduras (Ref. 50538).

Habitat

associated

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless