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FishBase 1 thumbnail  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features head large, depressed; groove across nape; side- row dark spots tail fin base - y shaped blotch top jaw extends onto opercle male: anal fin - black stripe Elongate; head large, depressed; transverse groove across nape; eyes on top and close together; mouth large, upper jaw bone very long, reaching onto opercle; 11-13 rakers on 1st gill arch; pelvics fused to form disc; dorsal IV-V + I, 13-15; anal I, 12-15, long base; pelvics short, not reaching near to anus; pectorals long, reaching past end of pelvics, 19 rays; tail long, blunt point; midlateral scales ~50. Color variable: dark to light above, paler below, head and body with dark speckles; tail with 6-7 thin bars; spinous dorsal dark blotches; row of dark spots along midflank; lateral Y shape mark just before tail fin; male with thick black stripe along middle of anal fin. Size: 7.0 cm (4.2 cm in the Gulf of California). Habitat: mud flats of lagoons and river mouths, at times in worm or shrimp burrows. Depth: 0-6 m. California to 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). Depth Range Max: 6 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs). Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=34; Southern limit=24; Western limit=-119; Eastern limit=-110; Latitudinal range=10; Longitudinal range=9. Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Estuary; 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: 7 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; California province, primarily; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Brackish; Non Marine. 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 Balart , E. F. , Castro-Aguirre , J. L. and De Lachica-Bonilla, F., 1997., Análisis comparativo de las comunidades ícticas de fondos blandos y someros de la Bahía de La Paz, B.C. S.. En Urbán Ramírez, J. y M. Ramírez Rodríguez (Eds.). La Bahía de La Paz investigación y conservación., Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur:177-188. Birdsong , R. S. , Murdy , E. O. and Pezold, F. L., 1988., A study of the vertebral column and median fin osteology in gobioid fishes with comments on gobioid relationships., Bull. Mar. Sci., 42:174-214. Brothers, E. 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