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Click on image to enlarge. © Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Crocodilichthys gracilis 2 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features eye: no cirrusiris: red and black flank - row brown spots + white dashes tail: base white and black, fin cream and black snout dark Body long and slender; dorsal rays III + XVII + 12 or 13, segmented rays branched except first and last 3-5 rays; anal rays I-II, 25 or 26; pectoral rays 15; pelvic rays separate; lateral line with 19-20 tubed scales followed two rows lower by 17-23 notched scales; total scales in longitudinal series 44-47; eye cirrus absent, but microscopic papillae present on upper rim of eye; scales small, absent on head, breast, belly, and pectoral-fin base. Pale tan or pinkish;snout dark; iris with red and black bars; body with longitudinal rows of red-brown spots, the spots separated by white dashes along middle of side; a prominent black band, with white anterior border, around base of tail fin. Size: attains 8.3 cm. Inhabits rocky shores and steep slopes. Depth: 3- 40 m. Western and central eastern 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: 40 m. Depth Range Min: 3 m. Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic worms. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=32; Southern limit=24; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-110; Latitudinal range=8; Longitudinal range=5. Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 8.3 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Cortez province 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 Aburto-Oropeza , O. and Balart, E. F., 2001., Community structure of reef fish in several habitats of a rocky reef in the Gulf of California., Marine Ecology, 22:283-305. Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1991., Descriptions of two new genera and four new species of triplefins (Pisces: Tripterygiidae) from the tropical Eastern Pacific., Revue Francaise de Aquariologie, 18(3):79-82. 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. Gilligan, M.R., 1991., Bergmann ecogeographic trends among triplefin blennies (Teleostei: Tripterygiidae) in the Gulf of California, Mexico., Environmental Biology of Fishes, 31:301-305. Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp. Sánchez Ortíz , C. , Arreola Robles , J. L. , Aburto Oropeza , O. and Cortés Hernández, M., 1997., Peces de arrecife en la región 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:189-200. Thomson , D.A. , Findley , L.T. and Kerstitch, A.N., 2000., Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez., University of Texas Press(Revised Ed.):353. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. 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