Gobiesox cephalus
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| Gobiesox cephalus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Genus: | Gobiesox |
| Species: | G. cephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gobiesox cephalus Lacépède, 1800 | |
Gobiesox cephalus, the riverine clingfish or smooth clingfish, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae.[2] It is found in the coastal river drainages of the Caribbean from Cuba[3] south to Colombia and Venezuela.[2] It occurs in freshwater, and sometimes in brackish water, preferring a fast current.[2][3] It is a solitary species which feeds on fishscales, insects and small fish.[2] It is the type species if the genus Gobiesox and was described by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1800 with Amérique méridionale (Central America) given as the type locality.[4]