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Aboma etheostoma Jordan and Starks in Jordan, 1895
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Aboma etheostoma
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Aboma etheostoma

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Aboma etheostoma
© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12
Aboma etheostoma
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Overview
Main identification features
  • body - lines of black spots
  • 1st dorsal fin : 2 thick black stripes; 2nd dorsal fin : rows black spot
  • c: white, 4 chevron bars
  • lower head - black spots
Head rounded, snout pointed; mouth small (ends under pupil), oblique; eye large (~ snout length); narrow between eyes (<1/2 eye diameter); no barbels under chin or under front nostril; males with large canines in outer row of teeth on side of lower jaw; preopercle with 2-3 pores; no teeth on side of roof of mouth; dorsal fin VII spines (large males - first spine long, ribbon-like, reaching to middle of soft dorsal), 11-12 (usually 12) dorsal rays; 10-12 (usually 11) anal rays; pectoral 16-19 rays, longer than pelvic; pelvics fused in disc; male papilla long & slender; body scaled rearward of line under 2nd dorsal spine to upper pectoral base & from lower pectoral base to anus, 26-30 lateral rows of scales; 4 large, very rough scales on base of tail fin.

(Preserved fish) tan to grey brown, head with scattered black dots, 2 prominent spots behind eye, 2 oblique bars from eye to under rear end of lower jaw; 4-5 rows of dark spots forming a dark lateral stripe along body; belly pale; tail with 5-6 dark chevrons (lower 1/2 of those marks darker); 1/2 inner half of pectoral with a dark chevron (upper 1/2 darker); anal dusky, darker at edge; 1st dorsal with 2 rows of spots, top row forming a dark stripe between 4th to 7th spines second dorsal mottle; pelvics dusky; pectoral with yellow spot and, dark curved bar.

Size: 3.6 cm.

Habitat: shallow estuaries.

Depth: 0-10 m.

Eastern Gulf of California to Panama.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=27; Southern limit=3; Western limit=-110; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=24; Longitudinal range=32.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Estuary; Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 3.6 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Non Marine.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
  • Castri-Aguirre, J.L., Espinoza-Pérez, H. and Schmitter-Soto, J.J., 2002., Lista sitemática, biogeográfica y ecológica de la ictiofauna estuarino lagunar y vicaria de México. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:117-142.
  • Dawson, C.E., 1969., A new seven-spined goby, Gobiosoma (Austrogobius) polyporosum, from the Pacific Coast of Panamá., Copeia, 1969:510-514.
  • 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.
  • Hoese, D.F., 1971., A revision of the eastern Pacific species of the gobiid fish genus Gobiosoma, with a discussion of the relationships of the genus. Ph.D. diss. Univ. California, San Diego., University of California:213pp.
  • Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1898., The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 47:2183-3136.
  • Jordan, D.S., 1895., The fishes of Sinaloa., Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2), 5:377-514.
  • Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26.
  • Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224.

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