Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Cleaning Goby
Elacatinus genie
Cleaning Goby
Also known as: Cleaner goby
Category: Gobies
Scientific Name: Elacatinus genie
Synonyms: Gobiosoma genie
Size: 1 to 1.5 in. (2.5 to 4 cm)  
Depth: 10-50 ft. (3-15 m)
Distribution: Bahamas, Cuba
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Gobiiformes (Order)
     └Gobiidae (Family) Gobies
      └Gobiinae (Subfamily)
       └Elacatinus (Genus)
        └E. genie (Species)
WoRMS ID: 280604🔗
iNaturalist ID: 131502🔗

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