Gobioides broussonnetii (Violet Goby)

Gobioides broussonnetii, commonly known as the violet goby (known as dragon fish or dragon goby in the aquarium trade) is a goby that is native to fresh, brackish, and marine water near the Atlantic coast of North and South America, from the U.S. state South Carolina to northern Brazil. It prefers a muddy layer in bays, estuaries and river mouths.

The violet goby has a long slender eel-like body, with its long dorsal and anal reaching down almost the entire body, starting at the tail and stopping right behind the gills and pectoral fins.

Synonyms

 *  Amblyopus broussonetii (Lacepède, 1800)
 * Cepola striata (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
 * Gobius brasiliensis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
 * Amblyopus brasiliensis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
 * Gobius oblongus (J. G. Schneider, 1801)
 * Cepola unicolor (Gronow, 1854)
 * Gobioides barreto (Poey, 1860)
 * Amblyopus mexicanus (O'Shaughnessy, 1875)
 * Cayennia guichenoti (Sauvage, 1880)