# Elacatinus oceanops

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Species of fish

Elacatinus oceanops Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Gobiiformes Family: Gobiidae Genus: Elacatinus Species: E. oceanops Binomial name Elacatinus oceanops D. S. Jordan, 1904 Synonyms Gobiosoma oceanops (D. S. Jordan, 1904)

***Elacatinus oceanops***, commonly known as the **neon goby**, is a [species](/source/Species) of [goby](/source/Goby) native to waters of the Atlantic and [Gulf](/source/Gulf_of_Mexico) coast of North America from [Florida](/source/Florida) to Belize. This cleaner fish can be found on coral heads at depths from 1 to 45 m (3.3 to 147.6 ft). This species grows to a total length of 5 cm (2.0 in). This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-0)** Pezold, F.; van Tassell, J.; Tornabene, L.; Aiken, K.A. & Bouchereau, J.-L. (2015). ["*Elacatinus oceanops*"](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185975A1797498.en). *[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/The_IUCN_Red_List_of_Threatened_Species)*. **2015**: e.T185975A1797498. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185975A1797498.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185975A1797498.en).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["*Elacatinus oceanops*"](https://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?genusname=Elacatinus&speciesname=oceanops). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. June 2013 version.

## External links

- Media related to [Elacatinus oceanops](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elacatinus_oceanops) at Wikimedia Commons

- Data related to [Elacatinus oceanops](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Elacatinus_oceanops) at Wikispecies

- Photos of [Elacatinus oceanops](https://sealifecollection.org/taxon/280616) in the Sealife Collection

Taxon identifiers Elacatinus oceanops Wikidata: Q1431673 Wikispecies: Elacatinus oceanops BOLD: 47167 CoL: 38WB8 FishBase: 3876 GBIF: 2376717 iNaturalist: 49252 IRMNG: 10137737 ITIS: 636786 IUCN: 185986 NCBI: 203296 OBIS: 280616 Open Tree of Life: 638369 Plazi: 1AD4FB52-D019-B823-2D2A-652C28AE0FE8 WoRMS: 280616 ZooBank: D8079026-2C5A-4B6E-A022-41F5AD7B8F9C

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