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Skilletfish

Gobiesox strumosus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 32, February 30, March 34, April 65, May 40, June 19, July 17, August 18, September 21, October 23, November 30, December 29.
United States2,176
Texas358
Louisiana317
Virginia216
Maryland175
Alabama173
Mississippi153
North Carolina147
New York124
New Jersey109

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderBlennies, damselfishes and allies · Blenniiformes
FamilyClingfishes · Gobiesocidae
GenusGobiesox

Sources

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