Gobiesox cephalus
Gobiesox cephalus, the riverine clingfish or smooth clingfish, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae.[1] It is found in the costal river drainages of the Caribbean from Cuba[2] south to Colombia and Venezuela.[1] It occurs in freshwater, and sometimes in brackish water, preferring a fast current.[1][2] It is a solitary species which feeds on fishscales, insects and small fish.[1] It is the type species if the genus Gobiesox and was described by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1800 with Amérique méridionale (Central America) given as the type locality.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiesociformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Genus: | Gobiesox |
| Species: | G. cephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gobiesox cephalus Lacépède, 1800 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Gobiesox cephalus" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- "Species: Gobiesox cephalus, Riverine clingfish, Smooth clingfish". Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Gobiesox cephalus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
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