Author: (Bussing, 1990)
FBname: Brokenhband cleaner goby
Comments: Lives in crevices and deep recesses in the rocks.  Like other <i>Elacatinus</i>, this species is a cleaner; it picks parasites from other fishes.  In areas of the reef where there is a floor of sand that is protected by an overhanging ledge, reef whitetip sharks may be observed lying about like a stack of cord wood.  It is in these areas that this goby lives and it can clean the reef whitetips (Ref. 28023).