Biology:Gobiesox cephalus
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Short description: Species of fish
| Gobiesox cephalus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiesociformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Genus: | Gobiesox |
| Species: | G. cephalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gobiesox cephalus Lacépède, 1800
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Gobiesox cephalus, the riverine clingfish or smooth clingfish, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae.[1] It is found in the coastal 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Gobiesox cephalus" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Species: Gobiesox cephalus, Riverine clingfish, Smooth clingfish". Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. https://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/caribbean/en/thefishes/species/4779. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Gobiesox cephalus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=13352.
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