Gobiesox cephalus

Gobiesox cephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Gobiesox
Species:
G. cephalus
Binomial name
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 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]

  1. ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gobiesox cephalus". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. ^ a b "Species: Gobiesox cephalus, Riverine clingfish, Smooth clingfish". Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Gobiesox cephalus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 June 2019.