neon goby
Elacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Neon Blue Goby
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Open encyclopedia reference
Elacatinus oceanops, commonly known as the neon goby, is a species of goby native to waters of the Atlantic and Gulf coast of North America from Florida to Belize. This cleaner fish can be found on coral heads at depths from 1 to 45 m (3.3 to 147.6 ft). This species grows to a total length of 5 cm (2.0 in). This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.
Wikipedia contributors, Elacatinus oceanops; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:47:17.897074+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Elacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904
- Name authority
- Jordan, 1904
- Common name
- neon goby
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Elacatinus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGobiiformes
- familyGobiidae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyGobiinae Cuvier, 1816
- genusElacatinus Jordan, 1904
- speciesElacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Elacatinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Elacatinus lori Colin, 2002 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotlight gobyElacatinus louisae (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus phthirophagus Sazima, Carvalho-Filho & Sazima, 2008 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus serranilla Randall & Lobel, 2009 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowprow gobyElacatinus xanthiprora (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus cayman Victor, 2014 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus colini Randall & Lobel, 2009 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus centralis Victor, 2014 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus atronasus (Böhlke & Robins, 1968) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus chancei (Beebe & Hollister, 1933) | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus jarocho Taylor & Akins, 2007 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elacatinus lobeli Randall & Colin, 2009 | GobiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gobiosoma oceanops (Jordan, 1904) (Jordan, 1904) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Jordan, D. S. (1904). Notes on the fishes collected in the Tortugas Archipelago. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission, v. 22 (1902): 539–544, Pls. 1–2. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38WB8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.