Sand-canyon Goby
Coryphopterus venezuelae
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 15 diving areas across 10 countries and 3 regions.
- North Shore, Bermuda - 2 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 6 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 5 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 4 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 10 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 4 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 5 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 2 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 23 records