Gobiesox cephalus

Gobiesox cephalus, the riverine clingfish or smooth clingfish, is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae.^[1] It is found in the coastal river drainages of the Caribbean from Cuba^[2] south to Colombia and Venezuela.^[1] It occurs in freshwater, and sometimes in brackish water, preferring a fast current.^[1][2] It is a solitary species which feeds on fishscales, insects and small fish.^[1] It is the type species if the genus Gobiesox and was described by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1800 with Amérique méridionale (Central America) given as the type locality.^[3]

Gobiesox cephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Gobiesocidae
Genus:	Gobiesox
Species:	G. cephalus
Binomial name
Gobiesox cephalus Lacépède, 1800