Animalia > Chordata > Gobiesociformes > Gobiesocidae > Gobiesox > Gobiesox strumosus

Gobiesox strumosus (Skilletfish)

Synonyms: Cotylis fimbriata; Gobiesox sanctimartini; Gobiesox virgatulus; Gobiesox yuma
Language: Mandarin Chinese; Portuguese; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The skilletfish, (Gobiesox strumosus), is a member of the Gobiesocidae family, composed of clingfishes. These are mainly marine, tropical and temperate fishes characterized by a powerful sucking disk on the underside of the forebody.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States

Prey / Diet

Gammarus mucronatus[1]
Gobiosoma bosc (Naked goby)[1]
Rhithropanopeus harrisii (estuarine mud crab)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0