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Ogilbia robertsoni P. R. Møller, W. Schwarzhans and J. G. Nielsen, 2005
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Ogilbia robertsoni
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Ogilbia robertsoni

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Ogilbia robertsoni
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Ogilbia robertsoni
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Overview
Main identification features
  • top jaw - end low
  • dorsal fin 66-77
  • lower jaw - rear 3 pores small
  • anal fin origin under dorsal fin 20-25
Body elongate, slender and somewhat compressed; head relatively long (24.1-28.1% of SL), and low (height 13.6-16.2 % of SL); rear end of top jaw low; rear 3 pores of bottom jaw small; snout rounded; mouth large; a sharp spine on opercle that has 1 tip; eye relatively large (2.1-2.6% of SL); wide between eyes; upper part of preopercle with a pore; gill rakers 13-17; origin of dorsal fin at level of middle of pectoral fins; pelvic fins inserted below rear part of head; dorsal rays 66-77; anal rays 51-57; origin of anal fin under dorsal rays 20-25; pectoral rays 18-22; tail fin rays 15-16; body covered with relatively large overlapping scales, about 110 in midlateral series; patch of cheek scales with 8 (6-9) vertical rows of scales; belly with scales; penis long, curved, tapering, thin; 2 pairs of long pseudoclaspers associated with penis, outer pair slender, ending in a spine-like tip, inner pair long, thin, with a fleshy appendix at rear.

Light brown, belly yellowish; dorsal fin with brown base, yellow center, pale outer part; tail and anal fins yellow.

Size: reaches 8 cm.

Inhabits shallow reefs.

Depth: 6-27 m.

The SE Gulf of California to northern Costa Rica.
Attributes
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 27 m.
Depth Range Min: 6 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); zooplankton.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=21; Southern limit=7; Western limit=-106; Eastern limit=-81; Latitudinal range=14; Longitudinal range=25.
Egg Type: Live birth; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
Global Endemism: East Pacific endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; All species.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 8 cm.
Regional Endemism: TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Mexican + Panamic provinces endemic; Continent only; Continent; All species.
Residency: Resident;


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References
  • Møller, P.R., Schwarzhans, W., Nielsen, J.G., 2005., Review of the American Dinematichthyini (Teleostei: Bythitidae). Part II. Ogilbia., Aqua, 10:133-207.

Acknowledgements

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