Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Coryphopterus urospilus
Gobio semaforo, gobio semaforo, gobio luz roja., Orangespot goby, redlight goby
Whitish translucent body with rows of reddish and occasional white and dark spots on body. Size: To about 8 cm
Habitat: Shallow waters. Bottom-dwellers on soft sand, usually seen at the bases of rocky and coral reefs and along the reef-sand interface.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Gobiiformes
Suborder
Gobioidei
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Coryphopterus
Species
urospilus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Eastern Pacific, from Baja California and the nothern Gulf of California to Colombia, also Cocos, Revillagigedos and Ecuador in the Galapagos Islands.
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- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
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- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
- Banks, S. Vera, M. & Chiriboga, A. (2009) Establishing Reference Points to Assess Long-Term Change in Zooxanthellate Coral Communities of the Northern Galapagos Coral Reefs. J. Sci. Conserv. in the Galapagos Islands, p. 43-64.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Coryphopterus urospilus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7696. Accessed 3 May 2025.