Gobiesox cephalus | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]