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A tiny goby, Elacatinus, enters the LRT with the mudskipper

Friday, February 19, 2021 14:25

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Short one today.
Uncontroversial traditional nesting for the neon goby with another, larger goby, the mudskipper.

Figure 1. Elacatinus the neon goby, full scale on a 72 dpi monitor.

Elacatinus oceanops (Jordan 1904; 5cm; Figs. 1–3) is the extant neon goby from Bahamas coral. It is common in the aquariaum trade. Here in the large reptile tree (LRT, 1802+ taxa, subset Fig. 1) the neon goby nests with the mudskipper, Periophthalmus (Fig. 4). This clade is derived from the frogfish (Antennaris) clade and basal to deep-sea tripod fish (Bathypterois) and anglers (Lophius) in the LRT.

Figure 2. Elacatinus skull from Gregory 1933 ion dorsal and lateral views.

Note the absence of a lacrimal,
exposing the palatine completely. The postorbital is also missing.

Figure 3. Elacatinus in vivo in dorsal and lateral views.

Figure 4. The mudskipper, Periophthalmus, nests with the neon goby, Elacatinus, in the LRT.

References
Jordan DS 1904. Ichthyology in the ‘Encyclopædia Americana.’ Science. 19: 767.

wiki/Frogfish
wiki/Periophthalmus
wiki/Elacatinus

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