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Overview |
Main identification features
- front nostril: flap wide, branched
- brown + mesh of red and blue lines and spots
- top jaw no canines
Dorsal rays 6-7; anal rays 5-7; pectoral rays 20-22; front nostril with wide, branded flap; upper jaw with incisor-like teeth only, no canines; lower jaw with 4-6 pairs of incisors at front followed on each side by 2-4 canines; a conspicuous fleshy pad on pectoral fin base with free posterior margin; length of disc 2.7-2.9 in standard length; postdorsal- caudal distance 0.7-0.9 in length of dorsal fin; 5-8 rows of flattened papillae across front of sucker disc, 7-9 rows across rear of disc, 5-7 longitudinal rows along each central patch.
Brownish with reticulum of blue and red lines and spots on back and sides; also scattered small white spots evident, these sometimes forming 4-5 bars across dorsal surface.
Size: reaches about 6 cm.
Inhabits rocky shallows.
Depth: 0-10 m.
El Salvador to Ecuador and Cocos and Malpelo.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; zooplankton; benthic microalgae.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=14; Southern limit=1; Western limit=-90; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=13; Longitudinal range=12.
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: 6 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Briggs, J.C., 1951., A review of the clingfishes (Gobiesocidae) of the Eastern Pacific with descriptions of new species., Proceedings of the California Zoological Club, 1:57-108.
- Briggs, J.C., 1955., A monograph of the clingfishes (Order Xenopterygii)., Stanford Ichthyol. Bull., 6:1-224.
- Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741.
- Günther, A., 1864., On some new species of Central American fishes., Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 14:227-232.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
- 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.
- 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.
- Meek , S.E. and Hildebrand, S.F., 1928., The marine fishes of Panama. Part III., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. Publ., XV:709-1045.
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