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Coryphopterus personatus

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Coryphopterus personatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Coryphopterus
Species:
C. personatus
Binomial name
Coryphopterus personatus
Synonyms
  • Eviota personata Jordan & Thompson, 1905

Coryphopterus personatus, commonly referred to as the masked goby, is a marine species of goby found in the western-central Atlantic Ocean.[2]

C. personatus is a cryptobenthic species, living in caves and shaded areas near the sea floor in reef communities. Masked gobies are sequential hermaphrodites and are capable of changing sexes.[3]

Description

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This species reaches a maximum length of 4.0 cm (1.6 in).[4] This species is difficult to differentiate from the closely-related C. hyalinus. C. personatus has a dark "mask" on its face, a faint dusky stripe on the lower rear margin of the body, and a translucent patch on the center of the top of its head. C. personatus is also slightly larger than C. hyalinus, which only reaches 3 cm (1.2 in).[5]

References

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  1. ^ Pezold, F., van Tassell, J., Aiken, K.A., Tornabene, L. & Bouchereau, J.-L. (2015). "Coryphopterus personatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T185960A1794928. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185960A1794928.en. Retrieved 27 January 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Allsop, David; West, Stuart (2004). "Sex allocation in the sex-changing marine goby, Coryphopterus personatus, on atoll-fringing reefs". Evolutionary Ecology Research. 6: 843–855.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coryphopterus personatus". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  5. ^ "Coryphopterus personatus". Reef Life Survey | Reef Species of the World. Retrieved 2024-06-02.