Biology:Coryphopterus personatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Coryphopterus |
| Species: | C. personatus
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| Coryphopterus personatus (D. S. Jordan & J. C. Thompson, 1905)
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Coryphopterus personatus, commonly referred to as the masked goby, is a marine species of goby found in the western-central Atlantic Ocean.[2]
C. personatus is a cryptobenthic species, living in caves and shaded areas near the sea floor in reef communities. Masked gobies are sequential hermaphrodites and are capable of changing sexes.[3]
Description
This species reaches a maximum length of 4.0 cm (1.6 in).[4] This species is difficult to differentiate from the closely related C. hyalinus. C. personatus has a dark "mask" on its face, a faint dusky stripe on the lower rear margin of the body, and a translucent patch on the center of the top of its head. C. personatus is also slightly larger than C. hyalinus, which only reaches 3 cm (1.2 in).[5]
References
- ↑ Pezold, F., van Tassell, J., Aiken, K.A., Tornabene, L. & Bouchereau, J.-L. (2015). "Coryphopterus personatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185960A1794928.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/185960/1794928. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p
- ↑ Allsop, David; West, Stuart (2004). "Sex allocation in the sex-changing marine goby, Coryphopterus personatus, on atoll-fringing reefs". Evolutionary Ecology Research 6: 843–855. https://www.evolutionary-ecology.com/abstracts/v06/1710.html.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Coryphopterus personatus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ "Coryphopterus personatus" (in en). https://reeflifesurvey.com/species/coryphopterus-personatus/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2064517 entry
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