Elacatinus oceanops

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Neon Blue Goby.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{cite journal | author = Pezold, F. | author2 = van Tassell, J. | author3 = Tornabene, L. | author4 = Aiken, K.A. | author5 = Bouchereau, J.-L. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2015 | title = ''Elacatinus oceanops'' |journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2015 | page = e.T185975A1797498 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185975A1797498.en | doi-access = free }}</ref> | taxon = Elacatinus oceanops | authority = [[David Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan]], 1904 | synonyms = * ''Gobiosoma oceanops'' <small>(D. S. Jordan, 1904)</small> }}

'''''Elacatinus oceanops''''', commonly known as the '''neon goby''', is a [[species]] of [[goby]] native to waters of the Atlantic and [[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf]] coast of North America from [[Florida]] to Belize. This cleaner fish can be found on coral heads at depths from {{convert|1|to|45|m|ft|abbr=on}}. This species grows to a total length of {{convert|5|cm|in|abbr=on}}. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Elacatinus|species= oceanops| month = June | year = 2013}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Elacatinus oceanops}} * {{Wikispecies-inline|Elacatinus oceanops}} * {{SealifePhotos|280616}}

[[Category:Elacatinus|oceanops]] [[Category:Fish of the Caribbean]] [[Category:Fish of the Gulf of Mexico]] [[Category:Fish described in 1904]] [[Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan]]