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Click on image to enlarge. © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Porichthys mimeticus 2 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features back: 4-6 saddles dorsal fin has 1-2 rays spots at front, dark border c: border dark lower gill rakers: 10-12 lower lateral lineends ~18 pores before its line light-organs anal fin has 29-32 rays, dark margin One solid spine on opercle; no subopercular spines; 10-12 rakers on lower limb of first gill arch; no scales; teeth like canines; 4 lateral lines on body with light organs; dorsal and anal fins not joined to tail; first dorsal fin 2 solid spines, separate from second dorsal fin; second dorsal 32-36 rays; anal rays 29-32; lower row of light organs ends ~18 pores after same lateral line; pectoral 16-20 rays. 4-6 dark saddles on back; dorsal fin with thin dark margin, 1-2 dark spots at front; tail with dark border; anal fin with thin dark margin; pectoral with dusky base, dusky rays; pelvics with dark rays. Size: 21.5 cm. Habitat: mud and sand bottoms. Depth: 80-185 m. Gulf of California. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos). Depth Range Max: 185 m. Depth Range Min: 80 m. Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=32; Southern limit=21; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-106; Latitudinal range=11; Longitudinal range=9. Egg Type: Benthic; No pelagic larva; No pelagic phase. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Mud; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 21.5 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional. Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200. Walker , H.J. and Rosenblatt, R.H., 1988., Pacific toadfishes of the genus Porichthys (Batrachoididae) with descriptions of three new species., Copeia, 1988:887-904. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Porichthys&speciesname=mimeticus ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Porichthys&speciesname=mimeticus http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Porichthys&speciesname=mimeticus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Porichthys&speciesname=mimeticus https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Porichthys&speciesname=mimeticus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Porichthys-mimeticus.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Porichthys Species in    Batrachoididae - Classification - Porichthyinae Batrachoididae Batrachoidiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Porichthys mimeticus Walker & Rosenblatt , 1988 Mimetic midshipman Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Porichthys mimeticus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Google image No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Batrachoididae. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Batrachoidiformes (Toadfishes) > Batrachoididae (Toadfishes) > Porichthyinae Etymology: Porichthys: Greek, poros = porous + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335 ) . More on authors: Walker & Rosenblatt . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal; depth range 82 - 185 m (Ref. 9277 ). Subtropical; 32°N - 24°N Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Central Pacific: probably throughout the Gulf of California. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 18.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9277 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Collette, Bruce B. | Collaborators Collette, B.B. , 1995. Batrachoididae. Peje-sapos, sapos. p. 910-918. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9277 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 22 May 2007 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.9   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (13 of 100). 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