Elacatinus pridisi Guimarães, Gasparini & Rocha, 2004
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Elacatinus pridisi is a species of goby endemic to the islands of Trindade and Martin Vaz and the seamounts associated to these islands in Brazil. Like other species of the genus Elacatinus, it engages in cleaning behavior. However, unlike other cleaners, it lives in association with both sponges and Montastrea cavernosa instead of only coral. It was also recorded in association with sea urchins.
Wikipedia contributors, Elacatinus pridisi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:34:43.470031+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Elacatinus pridisi Guimarães, Gasparini & Rocha, 2004
- Name authority
- Guimarães, Gasparini & Rocha, 2004
- 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 pridisi Guimarães, Gasparini & Rocha, 2004
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 |
| neon gobyElacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904 | 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 |
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.
- Guimarães, R. Z. P., Gasparini, J. L., & Rocha, L. A. (2004). A new cleaner goby of the Elacatinus (Teleostei: Gobiidae), from Trinidade Island, off Brazil. Zootaxa, 770: 1–8. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.770.1.1 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:38WBC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.