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Overview |
Main identification features
- snout short, upturned
- body - pale bars
- operculum with ridge, white spots
- no anal fin
- tail fin small, dark
Head short, 10-13% of standard length; snout short (<1/2 head length), with strongly concave profile; mouth oblique, at tip of snout; well developed ridge across top of operculum; dorsal 18-21 rays, at about midbody; pectoral high, 10-13 rays; tail small, rounded; no anal fin; brood pouch under tail; body with 14-15 rings, tail with 33-37 rings; ridges on upper side of body and tail not joined; ridge on lower side of body , not joining lower ridge on tail.
Body and head light to dark brown, with pale bars, snout paler; white marks on opercle; tail brown, dorsal and pectoral clear.
Size: 6.5 cm.
Habitat: soft bottoms.
Depth: 3-20 m.
Costa Rica and Panama, Gorgona, Malpelo, Galapagos and the Revillagigedos.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 20 m.
Depth Range Min: 3 m.
Diet: zooplankton; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=20; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=22; Longitudinal range=36.
Egg Type: Brooded; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Bentho-Pelagic.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Sand & gravel; Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 6.5 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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References |
- Castro-Aguirre, J.L. and Balart, E.F., 2002., La ictiofauna de las islas Revillagigedos y sus relaciones zoogeograficas, con comentarios acerca de su origen y evolucion. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:153-170.
- Dawson, C.E., 1985., Indo-Pacific Pipefishes., Gulf Coast Research laboratory:230.
- Herald,., 1940., A key to the pipefishes of the Pacific American coasts with descriptions of new genera and species., Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 9:51-64.
- 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.
- Walker, B. W. and Baldwin, W. J., 1964., Provisional check list of fishes of the Revillagigedo islands., 18 pp.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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