Goldspot Goby

(full size)
Gnatholepsis thompsoni
This is a Goby about 2 inches. Photo by Rod 17 February 2006 in about 20 feet water.
Location was Benwood Wreck, Key Largo, Florida.

Features: dark bar runs across eye and down cheek; Gold spot outlined in black above pectoral fin (not obvious in some individuals)
Description:
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Sources:
Audubon Field Guide; page 617; plate 376;
Reef Fish ID 3rd ed.; page 276-277; plates 277;
Size: 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 inches; max 3 in;
Depth: 2-160 feet;

Rod Bigelow
Box 13 Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929

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