FB-12771 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12771 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Syngnathiformes Syngnathidae Dunckerocampus Dunckerocampus baldwini Herald & Randall, 1972 Helen's dartfish Hovering dartfish Hovering Goby Hovering goby Góbido azul Gobio Azu Gobio azul 海伦娜箭舌塘鳢 海伦娜鳍塘鳢 海倫娜箭舌塘鱧 海倫娜鰭塘鱧 Ioglossus helenae Randall, 1968 Loglossaus helenae Randall, 1968 1995-02-08 2013-02-27 Randall, J.E.0 Caribbean reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., The British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. 318 p. (Ref. 32) Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott0 Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814) Hureau, J.-C.0 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. 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(Ref. 81924) Victor, B.C.0 Three new endemic cryptic species revealed by DNA barcoding of the gobies of the Cayman Islands (Teleostei: Gobiidae). J. Ocean Sci. Found. 12:25-60. (Ref. 97572) Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194) Harper, L.M., J.S. Lefcheck, R. Whippo, M.S. Jones, Z. Foltz and J.E. Duffy0 Blinded by the bright: How species-poor habitats contribute to regional biodiversity across a tropical seascape. Diversity and Distributions 28:2272-2285. (Ref. 128694) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-pic-12772-2929 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1995-02-13 2010-07-09 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12772 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Pthel_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Pthel_u1.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-12772 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1995-02-08 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12772 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Adults are found on sandy or coral rubble bottoms (Ref. 9710). They inhabit 'U-shaped' burrows. Often in pairs. Adults feed on zooplankton and hover head down near burrow (Ref. 9710). Monogamous (Ref. 52884). Randall, J.E. 1996 Caribbean reef fishes. Third Edition - revised and enlarged. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Hong Kong. 3nd ed. 368 p. (Ref. 13442) FB-DiagnosticDescr-12772 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-03-07 00:00:00 2005-08-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12772 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Body pale bluish-gray, with lavender overtones. Fins paler, greenish yellow; caudal fins rounded, moderately long. Mouth very oblique. Scales very small, about 145 in lateral series (Ref. 26938). Smith, C.L. 1997 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938) FB-Morphology-12772 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2001-03-07 00:00:00 2005-08-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12772 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 24; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 21 - 23 Smith, C.L. 1997 National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938) FB-Distribution-12772 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1995-02-08 00:00:00 2025-08-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12772 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida, USA and throughout the Antilles (Ref. 7251), and Brazil (Ref. 40101). 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) FB-LifeCycle-12772 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1995-02-08 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=12772&StockCode=13101 Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and social (Ref. 52884). Whiteman, E.A. and I.M. Côté 2004 Monogamy in marine fishes. Biol. Rev. 79:351-375. (Ref. 52884) FB-TrophicStrategy-12772 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-12-22 00:00:00 2023-06-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public helenae http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Found on sandy (Also Ref. 128694) or coral rubble bottoms. Inhabits 'U-shaped' burrows. Often in pairs. Feeds on zooplankton. Hovers head down near burrrow. Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710) FB-Size-12772 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1995-02-08 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12772 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 12.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 9710)) Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-12772 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1995-02-08 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12772 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription reef-associated; non-migratory (Ref. 52884); marine; depth range 3 - 60 m (Ref. 9710) Whiteman, E.A. and I.M. Côté 2004 Monogamy in marine fishes. Biol. Rev. 79:351-375. (Ref. 52884) Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710)