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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Eponymy: Isaac Ginsburg (1886–1975) was a Lithuanian-born goby taxonomist at the US National Museum and for the US Fish & Wildlife Service. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Fowler.

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Marine; reef-associated. Tropical; 27°N -

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Western Central Atlantic: The Bahamas, Cayman Islands, and Antilles south to Venezuela and Colombia (Ref. 092840).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10. Distinguished by having the following characteristics: dark brown body with nine, bright blue, thin, vertical lines; presence of rostral frenum (Ref. 92840).

Inhabits shallow areas with clear water and coral formations (Ref. 13628), often in close association with the sea urchin Echinometra lucunter. Possesses a ventral sucking disk which allows it to adhere to the rock beneath the test of an urchin with only the head showing among the spines of urchins. When disturbed they retreat farther beneath the urchin, and if the urchin is removed it rapidly darts beneath the test of a neighboring one. Feeds mainly on the tube feet of sea urchins (Ref. 33548)..

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 March 2011

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Ginsburgellus novemlineatus (Fowler, 1950)