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Nes longus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Gobiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Genus
  
Nes Ginsburg, 1933

Similar
  
Microgobius, Coryphopterus glaucofraenum, Ctenogobius, Gnatholepis thompsoni, Coryphopterus personatus

Nes longus, the Orangespotted goby, is a species of goby native to the tropical Atlantic coast of the Americas where it prefers silty bottoms around reefs. It is a commensal with an alpheid shrimp. This species grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

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Nes longus Wikipedia