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Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Batrachoides boulengeri © Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Batrachoides boulengeri 3 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features wide, depressed head; small eyes no filaments between eyes scales to center nape dark saddles on back Dorsal rays III + 28-29; anal rays 26-27; body covered with small scales, head and breast scaleless; head depressed; without filaments between eyes; scales on nape to before transverse lateral line canal on nape; a pair of strong, divergent spines on opercle and additional pair on subopercle; a conspicuous pore at base of 16th-19th interradial membranes on inner side of pectoral fin; two lateral lines present, the upper broken below posterior third of second dorsal fin and continued below posteriormost part of fin as 4-15 pores; eye much smaller than in the B. pacifici. Generally brown with diffuse dark saddles on back; belly whitish. Maximum size, 40 cm. Inhabits bays and estuaries. Depth: 1-30 m?. El Salvador to Panama. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo). Depth Range Max: 30 m. Depth Range Min: 1 m. Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins; octopus/squid/cuttlefish. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=14; Southern limit=8; Western limit=-90; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=6; Longitudinal range=11. Egg Type: Benthic; No pelagic larva; No pelagic phase. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Estuary; Mud; Sand & gravel; Soft bottom only; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove). Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 40 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Brackish; 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 Collette , B.B. and Russo, J.L., 1981., A revision of the scaly toadfishes, genus Batrachoides, with descriptions of two new species from the eastern Pacific., Bull. Mar. Sci., 31:197-233. 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. Gilbert , C.H. and Starks, E.C., 1904., The fishes of Panama Bay., Mem. Calif. Acad.Sci., 4:1-304. 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. Rubio , R. E. A. and Estupiñan, F., 1990., Ictiofauna del Parque Nacional Natural Sanquianga, un Analisis de su Estructura y Perspectivas para su Manejo., Memorias del VII Seminario Nacional de las Ciencias y Tecnologías del Mar. Comisión Colombiana de Oceanografía. Bogota, Colombia., :660-670. Rubio, E.A., 1988., Estudio taxonomico de la ictiofauna acompañante del camaron en areas costeras del Pacifico de Colombia., Memorias del VI Seminario Nacional de las Ciencias del Mar. Comisión Colombiana de Oceanografía. Bogota, Colombia., :169-183. 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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