Coryphopterus lipernes
Coryphopterus lipernes, the peppermint goby, is a species of goby found in the Western Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Bahamas all the way to Central America and the Lesser Antilles.[1]
| Coryphopterus lipernes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Coryphopterus |
| Species: | C. lipernes |
| Binomial name | |
| Coryphopterus lipernes J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1962 | |
This species reaches a length of 3.0 cm (1.2 in).[2]
References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Coryphopterus lipernes" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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