Endangered
Elacatinus atronasus
Elacatinus atronasus
Elacatinus atronasus is a ray-finned fish in the family Gobiidae that is endemic to a single reef in Exuma Sound in the Bahamas.
The goby
Elacatinus atronasus is a goby in the family Gobiidae (order Perciformes).
Range and habitat
Elacatinus atronasus is a ray-finned fish in the family Gobiidae that is endemic to a single reef in Exuma Sound in the Bahamas. It occurs in large, mixed groups in the vicinity of vertical faces that have plentiful holes and near undercut ledges. The IUCN assess Elacatinus atronasus as endangered due to its restricted range and the perceived vulnerability of this species to predation by the invasive lionfish, Pterois miles and Pterois volitans.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
In crisis
It forms schools above the sea floor where has been recorded as remaining stationary, hovering above corals by day, resting on the coral during the night.
Elacatinus atronasus is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Elacatinus atronasus, Wikidata item Q785108. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
