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Main identification features
- head: narrow, flat
- 1st dorsal fin high
- eye very low, opposite mouth
- gill opening on sidemany gill spines
Dorsal fin high, I,7; anal rays 21-23; pectoral rays I,10-11; gill rakers on first arch 10-11 + 27-30; rakers present on posterior surface of all arches; body elongate; lips thin and ruffled; head narrow and flattened; eye position relatively low, opposite corner of mouth; jaws thin, with fine teeth; a small, narrow patch of conical teeth on each side of palate; bone before base of dorsal fin longer and narrower than in other Cathorops; top barbel reaches as far as dorsal fin, top barbels erected, facing forwards; gill opening restricted to side.
Back and upper side bluish or brown, sometimes with purple sheen, silvery white below; fins dusky, dorsal and caudal with darker margin.
Size: reaches 35 cm.
Inhabits brackish estuaries and fresh water.
Depth: 0-20 m.
Costa Rica and Panama.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 20 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic worms.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=11; Southern limit=8; Western limit=-86; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=3; Longitudinal range=7.
Egg Type: Brooded; 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: 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: 35 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;
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- Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1994., Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific., Crawford House Press Pty Ltd:1-332.
- 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.
- 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., 1923., The marine fishes of Panama. Part I., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. Publ., XV:1-330.
- Steindachner, F., 1877., Ichthyologische Beiträge. IV. [With subtitles i-iv.]., Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 72:551-616.
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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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