Invasion History

First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1937

Panama Invasion History:


Invasion history elsewhere in the world:

None


Description

None


Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Chordata
Subphylum:   Vertebrata
Superclass:   Osteichthyes
Class:   Actinopterygii
Subclass:   Neopterygii
Infraclass:   Teleostei
Superorder:   Acanthopterygii
Order:   Perciformes
Suborder:   Gobioidei
Family:   Gobiidae
Genus:   Lophogobius
Species:   cyprinoides

Synonyms

Potentially Misidentified Species

Lophogobius cristatulatus
Native to Pacific Panama and Costa Rica (Dawson 1972)

Ecology

Food:

Algae, crustaceans, mollusks, insects

Consumers:

fishes, birds

Trophic Status:

Omnivore

Omni

Habitats

General HabitatGrass BedNone
General HabitatOyster ReefNone
General HabitatCanalsNone
General HabitatMangrovesNone
General HabitatSalt-brackish marshNone
General HabitatTidal Fresh MarshNone
General HabitatSwampNone
General HabitatCoarse Woody DebrisNone
General HabitatFresh (nontidal) MarshNone
Salinity RangeLimnetic0-0.5 PSU
Salinity RangeOligohaline0.5-5 PSU
Salinity RangeMesohaline5-18 PSU
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Vertical HabitatNektonicNone
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone


Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Minimum Salinity (‰)0Experimental, Field (McCosker and Dawson 1975)
Maximum Salinity (‰)34Field, Coral Gables (Darcy 1981), probably tolerates higher salinties

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 1937 Def Estab
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast Native Estab

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

Cohen, Andrew N. (2006) Bridging divides: Maritime canals as invasion corridors., Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Pp. 127-206

Darcy, George H. (1981) Food habits of the crested goby, Lophogobius cyprinoides, in two Dade County, florida, waterways, Bulletin of Marine Science 31(4): 928-932

Dawson, C. E. (1972) A redescription of Lophogobius cristulatus Ginsburg (Pisces: Gobiidae) with notes of L. cyprinoides (Pallas), Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84(44): 371-384

Hildebrand, Samuel F. (1939) The Panama Canal as a passageway for fishes, with lists and remarks on the fishes and invertebrates observed, Zoologica (New york Zoological Society) 24: 15-45

McCosker, J.E., Dawson, C.E. (1975) Biotic passage through the Panama Canal, with particular reference to fishes, Marine Biology 30: 343-351

Robins, C. Richard; Ray, G. Carleton; Douglass, John; Freund, Rudolf 1943 (1986) <missing title>, Houhgton Mifflin, Boston. Pp. <missing location>

Rubinoff, Roberta W., Rubinoff, Ira (1968) Interoceanic colonization of a marine goby through the Panama Canal, Nature 217(5127): 476-478

U.S. National Museum of Natural History 1996-2014 NMNH Fish Collection Database.. <missing URL>