Main identification features
- shoulder: 1 flap
- dorsal fin edge black
- translucent, sparse black dots
- a: clear base, black stripe, white margin
- c: top border and lower 1/3 dark
Eric's goby
Long. slender body; long depressed head; mouth ends just past eye; one pore between eyes; papillae on cheek and operculum; dorsal IV, 15, no spines elongate in male; anal 13 rays; one flexible dermal flap on shoulder before base of pectoral fin; scales - few, minute, imbedded, non-overlapping; tail elongate, rounded; ~20 pectoral rays.
Translucent, sparse black dots on head and upper body; tail - top border and lower 1/3 dark; anal - base clear, medial black band, white margin; dorsal - tips of spines black, soft part clear, with outer 3/4 of rays black.
Size: 3 cm.
Habitat: intertidal sandy beaches, in burrows.
Depth: 0-4 m.
Costa Rica.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 4 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic worms.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=10; Southern limit=9; Western limit=-86; Eastern limit=-83; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=3.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Estuary; Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 3 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Non Marine.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Bussing, W.A., 1983., Evermannia erici, a new burrowing gobiid fish from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 31(1):125-131.
- 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.
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