Masked Goby
Coryphopterus personatus
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 44 diving areas across 25 countries and 3 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 8 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 4 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 3 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 4 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 4572 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 10 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 5 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 7 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 18 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 15 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 15 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 4 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 146 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 112 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 10 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 7 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 7 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 10 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 28 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 2 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 9 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 4 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 4 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 3 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 3 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 3 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 622 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 499 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 479 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 10 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 2 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 15 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 188 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 325 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 98 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 2 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 67 records
- Utila, Honduras - 98 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 37 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 4 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 3 records