Family and Species 



Habitat Type 



o « Reference 



Diet 

 Reference 



Clinidae - clinids 

 Chaenopsis ocellata 

 bluethroat pikeblenny 



Family appears to be carnivorous Randall 

 on benthic invertebrates 1967 



Inshore on rock, 

 coral or rubble 

 substrates (Ran- 

 dall 1967) 



Paraclinus marmoratus 

 marbled blenny 



Paraclinus fasciatus 

 banded blenny 



S tathmonotus hemphilli 

 blackbelly blenny 



+ 1, 5, 11 



Blenniidae - combtooth 

 blennies 



Chasmodes saburrae 



Florida blenny 



Blennius marmoreus 



seaweed blenny 



1-3, 11, 17, 21-25 mm: amphipods 

 18 25-60 mm: amphipods, 

 polychaetes , snails 



detritus, 



Algae, organic detritus, 

 brittle stars, polychaetes, 

 hydro ids 



Carr & 



Adams 



1973 



Randall 

 1967 



Common brackish 

 water blenny (Tabb 

 & Manning 1961) 



Blennius nicholsi 

 highfin blenny 



Callionymidae - dragonets 

 Callionymus pauciradiatus 

 spotted dragonet 



Eleotridae - sleepers 

 Dormitator maculatus 

 fat sleeper 



Gobiidae - gobies 



Bathygobius sopor a tor 

 frillfin goby 



Gobionellus hastatus 

 sharptail goby 



13, 15 



2, 3, 8,11, Caridean shrimp, chironomid 

 17 larvae, amphipods 



Filamentous algae (Entero - 

 morpha ) , ostracods, copepods, 

 insect larvae 



Odum 1971 



Springer & 



Woodburn 



1960 



Freshwater and 

 low salinity areas 

 (Darnell 1961) 



Gobionellus shufeldti 

 freshwater goby 



Gobionellus smaragdus 

 emerald goby 



2, 17, 18 



3, 8, 10, 11, 

 15 



Gobiosoma bosci 

 naked goby 



2, 12 Small crustaceans including Petersons 

 amphipods, annelids, fish, Peterson 

 fish eggs 1979 



Gobiosoma longipala 

 twoscale goby 



Gobiosoma macrodon 

 tiger goby 



Gobiosoma robustum 

 code goby 



Lophogobius cyprinoides 

 crested goby 



1-3, 5, 8, Amphipods, mysids, chironomid 

 11, 16-18 larvae 



1-3, 7, 8, A versatile feeder: amphipods, 

 13 mangrove detritus, filamentous 

 algae, mysids, caridean & 

 penaeid shrimp, polychaete 

 worms , ostracods , bivalves , 

 chironomid larvae, harpacticoid 

 copepods, isopods, xanthid 

 crabs , snails 



Odum 1971 



Odum, 1971 



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