Nes longus

Nes longus
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Nes
Ginsburg, 1933
Species: N. longus
Binomial name
Nes longus
(Nichols, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Gobiosoma longum Nichols, 1914

Nes longus, the Orangespotted goby, is a species of goby native to the tropical Atlantic coast of the Americas where it prefers silty bottoms around reefs. It is a commensal with an alpheid shrimp. This species grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Nes longus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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