Violet goby

Violet goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Oxudercidae
Genus: Gobioides
Species:
G. broussonnetii
Binomial name
Gobioides broussonnetii
Lacepède, 1800
Synonyms
  • Amblyopus broussonetii (Lacepède, 1800)
  • Cepola striata Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
  • Gobius brasiliensis Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
  • Amblyopus brasiliensis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
  • Gobius oblongus J. G. Schneider, 1801
  • Cepola unicolor Gronow, 1854
  • Gobioides barreto Poey, 1860
  • Amblyopus mexicanus O'Shaughnessy, 1875
  • Cayennia guichenoti Sauvage, 1880

The violet goby (Gobioides broussonnetii) is a species of goby native to marine, fresh and brackish waters near the Atlantic coast of North and South America from South Carolina in the United States of America, to northern Brazil. It prefers bays, estuaries and river mouths with muddy substrates.[2] It is often marketed as the dragon goby or dragon fish.

  1. ^ Pezold, F. (2015). "Gobioides broussonnetii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T186007A1803047. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T186007A1803047.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gobioides broussonnetii". FishBase. June 2013 version.