FB-16678 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=16678 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiesociformes Gobiesocidae Gobiesox Gobiesox lucayanus Briggs, 1963 Scarecrow toadfish Scarecrow Toadfish Sapo de boca negra 瘦体豹蟾鱼 瘦體豹蟾魚 1996-02-26 2001-01-29 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin0 Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521) Claro, R. and J.P. García-Arteaga0 Crecimiento. p.321-402. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanologia Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo (CIQRO), México. (Ref. 11824) Acero, A.P.0 Zoogeographical implications of the distribution of selected families of Caribbean coral reef fishes. Proc. of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, Tahiti, Vol. 5. 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Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=16679 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Oppho_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Oppho_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-16679 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 1996-02-26 00:00:00 2005-06-24 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=16679 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Sluggish, but pugnacious when approached closely (Ref. 5521). Dark coloration of the buccal cavity more developed in the larger specimens indicating that this trait is related to growth or maturation (Ref. 54666). Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin 1993 Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521) FB-Distribution-16679 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 1996-02-26 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=16679 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Western Atlantic: Bahamas and Cuba and possibly off Yucatan, Mexico. Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin 1993 Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521) FB-LifeCycle-16679 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1996-02-26 00:00:00 2005-06-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=16679&StockCode=15182 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Distinct pairing (Ref. 205). Male guards nest, eggs, and young (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-TrophicStrategy-16679 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2005-06-24 00:00:00 2006-08-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ phobetron Sluggish, but pugnacious when approached closely (Ref. 5521). Dark coloration of the buccal cavity more developed in the larger specimens indicating that this trait is related to growth or maturation (Ref. 54666). Newman, S.P., S.H. Gruber and R.D. Handy 2004 The scarecrow toadfish: habitat, abundance and size at maturity at Bimini, Bahamas. J. Fish Biol. 64(1):248-252. (Ref. 54666) FB-Size-16679 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 1996-02-26 00:00:00 2005-06-24 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=16679 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 21.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5521)) Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin 1993 Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521) 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#Threats 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-16679 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 1996-02-26 00:00:00 2005-06-24 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=16679 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat demersal; marine