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[butch]

What native goby species that could be found in freshwater/brackish water?

[lilyea]

violet/dragon goby (Gobioides broussoneti)

spotted sleeper goby (Dormitator maculatus)

[fritz]

Freshwater goby (Gobionellus shufeldti)  - looks like a tessellated darter

[zooxanthellae]

What native goby species that could be found in freshwater/brackish water?

Lyre Goby – Evorthodus lyricus

Darter Goby – Ctenogobius boleosoma - These are typically more marine, but I have found them in brackish water.

River Goby – Awaous banana - Rare, but I've found a couple. 

And just to tease fritz: 

Freshwater goby – Ctenogobius shufeldti

[Michael Wolfe]

Didn't we decide that we saw a Code Goby just a couple of weeks ago in Florida? That water was not at all salty.

[Isaac Szabo]

Yes, we saw a code goby in Chassahowitzka. I have also seen clown and seaboard gobies in the FL springs. In fact, I think the goby we saw at Silver Glen was a clown goby.

[fritz]

Oops! Showing my age - thanks Scott

[butch]

What about the Florida crested gobies? Someone on MFK have them.

[don212]

everything comes into fl springs, so they are not a good metric of fresh/saltwater, apparently salt can go fresh easier than fresh into salt

[Chasmodes]

Here are some more that have been collected in Maryland, and probably would be found in Florida I think.  I included a couple marine ones that might be found in brackish water too, but in Maryland have only been found in marine waters.

 

Brackish:

Naked Goby (Gobiosoma bosc)

Seaboard Goby (Gobiosoma ginsburgi)

Green Goby (Microgobius thalassinus)

 

Marine:

Highfin Goby (Gobionellus oceanicus)

Clown Goby (Microgobius gulosus) - mentioned above

[trygon]

This is the Clown Goby from Silver Glen Spring that Issac referred to

[Isaac Szabo]

Nice. I'm glad you were able to get a good photo of it.

[trygon]

Thanks.  I wish I'd got him with the snail though.