Open AccessGOBIOIDES BROUSSONETI LACEPEDE (PISCES: GOBIIDAE) EN EL CARIBE COLOMBIANO
Author(s) -
P Arturo Acero,
Pedro Arenas Granados
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
boletin de investigaciones marinas y costeras/boletín de investigaciones marinas y costeras
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2590-4671
pISSN - 0122-9761
DOI - 10.25268/bimc.invemar.1990.19.0.435
Subject(s) - goby , fishery , geography , invertebrate , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , zoology , ecology
The violet goby Gobioides broussoneti is reported trom the area around the mouth of the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta (Colombian (Caribbean). Twenty-nine specimenswere collected, 28 juveniles (48-51 mm) and a ripe male (553 mm); the content of the gut of the adult indicates that the species eats basically vegetal detrítica I material, complemented by small invertebrates.