Range and natural history
It is a marine bottom-associated fish, generally reported over sand and shell. Those substrate records are the clearest habitat detail supplied by the reviewed FishBase summary.
Sources: Gobiosoma longipala species summary
Twoscale Goby
Gobiosoma longipala
Gobiidae · saltwater water fish
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About Twoscale Goby
The twoscale goby is a Gulf of Mexico coastal species recorded from the Marco area of Florida westward to Texas.
Range
Where it lives
0%
52.7%of mapped records
Share of records by state
Habitat
Water and movement
- Water
- WoRMS records this species in the sea.
Classification
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Superclass
- Actinopterygii
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Gobiosoma
- Species
- Gobiosoma longipala
- ITIS TSN
- 171794
- WoRMS AphiaID
- 276511
- GBIF key
- 5208825
Common questions about Twoscale Goby
What is the scientific name of Twoscale Goby?
The scientific name is Gobiosoma longipala, in the family Gobiidae. Classification follows ITIS.
Does Twoscale Goby live in fresh water or salt water?
WoRMS records this species in the sea.
Where has Twoscale Goby been recorded in the United States?
GBIF has observations in 5 states, with the most records in Florida, Alabama, Texas. The map shows observation records, which do not establish the complete natural range.
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