Elacatinus lori

Colin, Patrick L., 2002, A new species of sponge­dwelling Elacatinus (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the western Caribbean, Zootaxa 106, pp. 1-7 : 2

Elacatinus lori ­ new species

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Gobiosoma horsti (white color form, in part) Colin, 1975:102 ­103., Greenfield and Johnson, 1999: 265.

Gobiosoma illecebrosum , (non Böhlke and Robins, 1968), Humann 1994.

Material Examined­ Holotype: UF 2030716, formerly UMML 30716, (a female, 45.6 mm SL), BELIZE, barrier reef, Tobacco Reef, 22­27 m depth, 26 Oct. 1972, P.L. Colin. Paratypes: UF 234708, BELIZE, same data as holotype, (6 ind. 12.0­ 36.8 mm SL, 3 largest female, others undetermined).

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FIGURE 1. Live individual of Elacatinus lori on sponge, Belize. Photograph by Dr. J. E. Randall.