Scaly boy

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Scaly boy
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Male
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Female
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Aboma
Jordan & Starks, 1895
Species:
A. etheostoma
Binomial name
Aboma etheostoma
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Synonyms
  • Gobiosoma etheostoma(D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895)
  • Gobiosoma polyporosumC. E. Dawson, 1969

The scaly boy (Aboma etheostoma), also known as the scaly goby, [1] is a species of goby native to the Pacific coast of Central America from Mexico to Panama. This species is the only known member of its genus. [2]

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Description

The scaly boy can grow as long as 3.4 centimetres (1.3 in). It has notably large eyes and a small mouth, as well as being mottled light brown in color. [2]

Habitat

This species is demersal, inhabiting shallow estuaries with a substrate of mud and sand to a depth of 8 m. This habitat is impacted by the expansion of shrimp farming, aquaculture, and mangrove destruction. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 van Tassell, J.; Tornabene, L.; Robertson, R.; Domínguez, O. (2025). "Aboma etheostoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2025 e.T183435A238327710. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aboma etheostoma". FishBase . April 2013 version.


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