Invasion History
First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1937Panama 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)
Native to Pacific Panama and Costa Rica (Dawson 1972)
Ecology
Food:
Algae, crustaceans, mollusks, insects
Consumers:
fishes, birds
Trophic Status:
Omnivore
OmniHabitats
| General Habitat | Grass Bed | None |
| General Habitat | Oyster Reef | None |
| General Habitat | Canals | None |
| General Habitat | Mangroves | None |
| General Habitat | Salt-brackish marsh | None |
| General Habitat | Tidal Fresh Marsh | None |
| General Habitat | Swamp | None |
| General Habitat | Coarse Woody Debris | None |
| General Habitat | Fresh (nontidal) Marsh | None |
| Salinity Range | Limnetic | 0-0.5 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Oligohaline | 0.5-5 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Mesohaline | 5-18 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Polyhaline | 18-30 PSU |
| Salinity Range | Euhaline | 30-40 PSU |
| Tidal Range | Subtidal | None |
| Vertical Habitat | Nektonic | None |
| Vertical Habitat | Epibenthic | None |
Tolerances and Life History Parameters
| Minimum Salinity (‰) | 0 | Experimental, Field (McCosker and Dawson 1975) |
| Maximum Salinity (‰) | 34 | Field, Coral Gables (Darcy 1981), probably tolerates higher salinties |
General Impacts
Occurrence Map
| OCC_ID | Author | Year | Date | Locality | Status | Latitude | Longitude |
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References
Cohen, Andrew N. (2006) Bridging divides: Maritime canals as invasion corridors., Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Pp. 127-206Darcy, 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>