Barsnout goby

The Barsnout goby lives in the reef-associated, marine, usually 2 - 45 m environment.

921_011 Barsnout goby, Elactinus illecebrosum, on an Azure vase sponge, Callispongia plicafera, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras, Caribbean sea. Barsnout goby, Elactinus illecebrosum, on an Azure vase sponge, Callispongia plicafera, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras, Caribbean sea. FILE NAME: 921_011. More

A Barsnout Goby (Gobiosoma illecebrosum) living in a hole in a reef in Cozumel, Mexico. Similar in appearance to the Neon Goby - the bar on the snout of the goby provides the most likely identifier for this species. More

Gobiosoma illecebrosum Barsnout goby on coral, Cozumel Gobiosoma illecebrosum Barsnout goby (Cozumel) Gobiosoma oceanops Neon goby - Gobiosoma oceanops neon gobies cleaning green moray eel Gymnothorax More

Common names

Barsnout goby in English
gobio seductor in Spanish (español)
誘惑鮈鰕虎魚 in Mandarin Chinese
诱惑鮈鰕虎鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Gobiidae
Genus : Elacatinus
Species : Elacatinus illecebrosus
Authority : B