# Elacatinus chancei

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Species of fish

Elacatinus chancei Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Gobiiformes Family: Gobiidae Genus: Elacatinus Species: E. chancei Binomial name Elacatinus chancei (Beebe & Hollister, 1933) Synonyms Gobiosoma chancei Beebe & Hollister, 1933

***Elacatinus chancei***, the **shortstripe goby**, is a [species](/source/Species) of [ray-finned](/source/Perciformes) fish in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Gobiidae](/source/Gobiidae). It lives inside or on the surface of a sponge and occurs in tropical waters in the west central [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean), the [Bahamas](/source/The_Bahamas), the [Antilles](/source/Antilles), and [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela).

## Description

The shortstripe goby is a small, slender fish growing to about 5 cm (2.0 in) in length. The dorsal fin is divided into two parts with a total of seven spines and 12 soft rays, while the anal fin has no spines and ten soft rays. [2] The general colour is a translucent pale grey. A bright yellow line starts at the eye and runs to near the pectoral fin. It is lined above and below by black lines which converge and continue as a broad stripe to the tail fin. The gill covers and the skin under the eyes are often suffused with pink.[3]

## Distribution

The shortstripe goby is found in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean in the Southern Bahamas, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Caicos Islands, the Lesser Antilles, Aves Island, and some small islands near Venezuela. It seems to live in areas in which the yellowstripe goby (*[Elacatinus horsti](/source/Elacatinus_horsti)*), a closely related species that also inhabits sponges, does not occur.[4]

## Biology

The shortstripe goby lives in association with a tubular sponge such as *[Verongia aerophoba](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Verongia_aerophoba&action=edit&redlink=1)* or a massive sponge such as *[Neofibularia nolitangere](/source/Neofibularia_nolitangere)*. It feeds on the large number of [parasitic](/source/Parasite) worms *[Haplosyllis spongicola](/source/Haplosyllis_spongicola)* that live on the surface of these sponges.[5][3] It spends most of its time inside the [osculi](/source/Osculum) of the sponge, but sometimes rests on the outer surface.[4]

Like other members of its family, the shortstripe goby does not have a [lateral line](/source/Lateral_line) system, relying instead on sensory organs in the head.[3]

## Name

The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)) honours Colonel Edwin M. Chance, a businessman who sponsored the expedition during which the [type](/source/Type_(biology)) was collected.[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-iucn_status_20_November_2021_1-0)** van Tassell, J.; Pezold, F.; Aiken, K.A.; Tornabene, L.; Bouchereau, J.-L. (2015). ["*Elacatinus chancei*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/185976/1797646). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2015** e.T185976A1797646. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185976A1797646.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185976A1797646.en). Retrieved 20 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FishBase_2-0)** ["*Elacatinus chancei* (Beebe & Hollister, 1933)"](http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=23734). *FishBase*. Retrieved 2012-09-14.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Feulvarch_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Feulvarch_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Feulvarch_3-2) Alain Feulvarc'h (2010-07-03). ["Gobie à lignes courtes"](http://fran.cornu.free.fr/affichage/affichage_nom.php?id_espece=1298) (in French). Sous les Mers. Retrieved 2012-09-14.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Gobioid_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Gobioid_4-1) ["*Elacatinus chancei* Beebe & Hollister 1933"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121107061929/http://gobiidae.com/species_pages/elacatinus_chancei.htm). Gobioid Research Institute. Archived from [the original](http://gobiidae.com/species_pages/elacatinus_chancei.htm) on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2012-09-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Colin_5-0)** Colin, Patrick L. (1978). [*Marine Invertebrates and Plants of the Living Reef*](https://archive.org/details/marineinvertebra00patr_0/page/111). T.F.H. Publications. p. [111](https://archive.org/details/marineinvertebra00patr_0/page/111). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-86622-875-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-86622-875-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ETYFish_6-0)** Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). ["Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h)"](http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes5/). *The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database*. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

Taxon identifiers Elacatinus chancei Wikidata: Q2097483 Wikispecies: Elacatinus chancei BOLD: 109692 CoL: 6DZY4 FishBase: 23734 GBIF: 2376711 iNaturalist: 131503 IRMNG: 11264063 ITIS: 636769 IUCN: 185976 NCBI: 203290 Observation.org: 794327 OBIS: 280598 Open Tree of Life: 638350 WoRMS: 280598

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