Bluenose Goby
Coryphopterus lipernes
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Gobiidae
- Genus
- Coryphopterus
Where to Find
Found in 23 diving areas across 16 countries and 3 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 4 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 23 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 20 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 2 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 29 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 123 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 548 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 503 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 2 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 29 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 40 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 20 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 3 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 12 records
- Utila, Honduras - 20 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 3 records