A burrowing species occurring on flat or slightly sloping sand or sand and rubble bottoms. Takes refuge in a burrow constructed by its symbiont alpheid shrimp (a juvenile observed to live with Alpheus randalli).

Eastern Central Pacific: an apparent endemic to the Marquesan Islands.

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 11; Vertebrae: 26

5.3 cm SL (female)

Scales on thorax and pectoral base small and embedded. Eyes and mouth large. Head pores absent. Angle of jaws 40 degrees. Tan in body color with pale spot on each scale; median fins greenish; 2nd dorsal fin with yellowish brown lines; pectoral fins pointed with tan rays, clear membranes; pelvic fins tan. Adults with dark head band ending on upper margin of preoperculum. Longitudinal scale series 100-115, transverse 24-29. 1st to 3rd dorsal spines of adults greatly prolonged. Median predorsal region scaled forward to above preoperculum.

Paratype for Stonogobiops medon Hoese & Randall
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): Randall & et al.
Year Collected: 1971
Locality: Marquesas Islands; Nuku Hiva; Sentinelle De L'Ouest, W. Side, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, Pacific

Depth: 22 - 35m.
From 22 to 35 meters.

Habitat: demersal. A burrowing species occurring on flat or slightly sloping sand or sand and rubble bottoms. Takes refuge in a burrow constructed by its symbiont alpheid shrimp (a juvenile observed to live with @Alpheus randalli@).

demersal; marine; depth range 22 - 35 m (Ref. 397)

Not Evaluated