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Elacatinus
''Elacatinus'' is a genus of small marine gobies, often known collectively as the neon gobies. Although only one species, ''E. oceanops'', is technically the "neon goby", because of their similar appearance, other members of the genus are generally labeled neon gobies, as well. Except for a single East Pacific species, all reside in warmer parts of the West Atlantic, including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. They are known for engaging in symbiosis with other marine creatures by providing them cleaning service that consists of getting rid of ectoparasites on their bodies. In return, ''Elacatinus'' species obtain their primary source of food, ectoparasites. Species Currently, 24 recognized species are placed in this genus: * '' Elacatinus atronasus'' J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1968 * '' Elacatinus cayman'' Victor, 2014 (Cayman cleaner goby) * '' Elacatinus centralis'' Victor, 2014 (Cayman sponge goby) * '' Elacatinus chancei'' Beebe & Hollister, 1933 (shortstripe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elacatinus Figaro
''Elacatinus'' is a genus of small marine gobies, often known collectively as the neon gobies. Although only one species, ''E. oceanops'', is technically the "neon goby", because of their similar appearance, other members of the genus are generally labeled neon gobies, as well. Except for a single East Pacific species, all reside in warmer parts of the West Atlantic, including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. They are known for engaging in symbiosis with other marine creatures by providing them cleaning service that consists of getting rid of ectoparasites on their bodies. In return, ''Elacatinus'' species obtain their primary source of food, ectoparasites. Species Currently, 24 recognized species are placed in this genus: * '' Elacatinus atronasus'' J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1968 * '' Elacatinus cayman'' Victor, 2014 (Cayman cleaner goby) * '' Elacatinus centralis'' Victor, 2014 (Cayman sponge goby) * '' Elacatinus chancei'' Beebe & Hollister, 1933 (shortstrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elacatinus Centralis
''Elacatinus'' is a genus of small marine gobies, often known collectively as the neon gobies. Although only one species, ''E. oceanops'', is technically the "neon goby", because of their similar appearance, other members of the genus are generally labeled neon gobies, as well. Except for a single East Pacific species, all reside in warmer parts of the West Atlantic, including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. They are known for engaging in symbiosis with other marine creatures by providing them cleaning service that consists of getting rid of ectoparasites on their bodies. In return, ''Elacatinus'' species obtain their primary source of food, ectoparasites. Species Currently, 24 recognized species are placed in this genus: * '' Elacatinus atronasus'' J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1968 * '' Elacatinus cayman'' Victor, 2014 (Cayman cleaner goby) * '' Elacatinus centralis'' Victor, 2014 (Cayman sponge goby) * '' Elacatinus chancei'' Beebe & Hollister, 1933 (shortstripe g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elacatinus Evelynae
''Elacatinus evelynae'', commonly known as the sharknose goby, Caribbean cleaner goby, or Caribbean cleaning goby, is a species of goby native to the Western Atlantic Ocean from the Bahamas and the Lesser Antilles to the northern coast of South America, as well as the Antilles and western Caribbean. Appearance ''Elacatinus evelynae'' is a very small, torpedo-shaped fish. It can reach a maximum length of . It has a yellow stripe in front of each eye that joins to form a V near the tip of its snout. Black stripes run under the yellow ones from the snout, over the lower part of the eye to the end of the caudal fin. ''E. evelynae's'' fin configuration is the same as all other gobies. Its dorsal fin is split in two, with a rounded anterior fin and a flat posterior fin which lines up with its anal fin. The pectoral fins are almost circular. All its fins are transparent. Habitat They inhabit coral reefs in clear ocean waters at a depth of . The reported temperature range where the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elacatinus Colini
''Elacatinus colini'', the Belize sponge goby, is a species of goby native to the Western Central Atlantic Ocean, near Belize and Honduras. Etymology Its specific name honours Patrick L. Colin, of the Coral Reef Research Foundation, Palau, who made a comparative study of the genus ''Elacatinus'' for his doctoral thesis. Appearance ''Elacatinus colini'' was originally thought to be a color variant of ''E. xanthiprora'' from Florida but was recently classified as its own species due to the presence of a bright white, not yellow, stripe along its body. ''E. colini'' are typically around 3 cm in length (3.2 cm SL for males, 3.4 cm SL for females), and can be easily identified by the white strip running from its anterior to posterior end. On the ''E. colini's'' head, the lateral stripe is relatively small – about the same width as its pupil. However, on its body, the lateral stripe widens to about the same width as its eye. ''E. colini'' typically have 8 dorsal spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elacatinus Horsti
''Elacatinus horsti'', the yellowline goby, is a species of goby native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Description The yellowline goby grows to be in length. It has a rounded snout and a long, slim body. The upper parts are black and the underside is grey, gradually paling to white. Some fish have a bright, yellow stripes running along each side from the eye to the tail, with often a yellow spot or short line on the snout. In juvenile fish, this stripe is shorter and extends just beyond the base of the pectoral fin. Young '' Elacatinus chancei'' are very similar in appearance, but in that species, the yellow line hardly reaches the pectoral fin. In another form of the fish, the stripe is white, paling to a bluish-grey colour beyond the pectoral fin. The dorsal fin is in two parts, and has seven spines and 11 to 12 soft rays. The pectoral fin then has 18 rays and the anal fin has a single spine and 10 soft rays. Distribution The yellowline goby is found on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elacatinus Atronasus
''Elacatinus atronasus'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Gobiidae which is endemic to a single reef in Exuma Sound in the Bahamas. It is a species associated with a coral reefs but unlike many other species in the genus ''Elacatinus'' it does not engage in cleaning behaviour, feeding instead on particulate zooplankton. It occurs in large, mixed groups in the vicinity of vertical faces which have plentiful holes and near undercut ledges. It forms schools above the sea floor where has been recorded as remaining stationary, hovering above corals by day, resting on the coral during the night. Its reproductive behaviour is unknown. The IUCN assess ''Elacatinus atronasus'' as endangered due to its restricted range and the perceived vulnerability of this species to predation by the invasive lionfish, ''Pterois miles'' and ''Pterois volitans The red lionfish (''Pterois volitans'') is a venomous coral reef fish in the family Scorpaenidae, order Scorpaeniformes. It is mainl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elacatinus Chancei
''Elacatinus chancei'', the shortstripe goby, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Gobiidae. It lives inside or on the surface of a sponge and occurs in tropical waters in the west central Atlantic Ocean, the Bahamas, the Antilles, and Venezuela. Description The shortstripe goby is a small, slender fish growing to about in length. The dorsal fin is divided into two parts with a total of seven spines and 12 soft rays, while the anal fin has no spines and ten soft rays. The general colour is a translucent pale grey. A bright yellow line starts at the eye and runs to near the pectoral fin. It is lined above and below by black lines which converge and continue as a broad stripe to the tail fin. The gill covers and the skin under the eyes are often suffused with pink. Distribution The shortstripe goby is found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean in the Southern Bahamas, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Caicos Islands, the Lesser Antilles, Aves Island, and some small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleaner Fish
Cleaner fish are fish that show a specialist feeding strategy by providing a service to other species, referred to as clients, by removing dead skin, ectoparasites, and infected tissue from the surface or gill chambers. This example of cleaning symbiosis represents Mutualism (biology) , mutualism and cooperation behaviour, an ecological interaction that benefits both parties involved. However, the cleaner fish may consume mucus or tissue, thus creating a form of parasitism called Cheating (biology) , cheating. The client animals are typically fish of a different species, but can also be aquatic reptiles (sea turtles and marine iguana), mammals (manatees and whales), or octopuses. A wide variety of fish including wrasse, cichlids, catfish, pipefish, lumpsuckers, and Goby , gobies display cleaning behaviors across the globe in fresh, brackish, and marine waters but specifically concentrated in the tropics due to high parasite density. Similar behaviour is found in other groups of an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symbiosis
Symbiosis (Ancient Greek : living with, companionship < : together; and ''bíōsis'': living) is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction, between two organisms of different species. The two organisms, termed symbionts, can for example be in Mutualism (biology), mutualistic, commensalism, commensalistic, or parasitism, parasitic relationships. In 1879, Heinrich Anton de Bary defined symbiosis as "the living together of unlike organisms". The term is sometimes more exclusively used in a restricted, mutualistic sense, where both symbionts contribute to each other's subsistence. This means that they benefit each other in some way. Symbiosis can be ''obligate'' (or ''obligative''), which means that one, or both of the organisms depend on each other for survival, or ''facultative'' (optional), when they can also subsist independently. Symbiosis is also classified by physical attachment. Symbionts forming a single body live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
