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Main identification features
- head: 1 long central groove;eye large
- gill opening at side
Taylor's sea-catfish
Dorsal rays I, 7; anal rays 22-23; pectoral rays I, 10; gill rakers on first arch 7 + 11-12; rakers present on posterior surface of all arches; body elongate; lips fleshy, but not thick; a single long groove on top of head; eye relatively large, 2.0-2.8 in fleshy space between eyes; gill openings moderately restricted, membranes forming fold across throat; jaw bone wide, with conical teeth, teeth at front of top jaw in continuous broad band; palate teeth large and conical, in two small well-separated oval patches that are horizontal rather than oblique
Dusky brownish on back, silvery white on sides and belly; fins dusky, pelvics often blackish on basal half.
Size: to 36 cm.
Mainly in brackish river mouths, but also in freshwater.
Depth: 0-20 m.
Southern Mexico to northern Peru.
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: 0 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic worms.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=16; Southern limit=-4; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=20; Longitudinal range=15.
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); Freshwater.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 36 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Freshwater; Non 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.
- Hildebrand, S.F., 1925., Fishes of the Republic of El Salvador, Central America., Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries., 41:236-287.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
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