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Gobiesox crassicorpus (Briggs, 1951)
THICK CLINGFISH
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Gobiesox crassicorpus
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Gobiesox crassicorpus

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Overview
Main identification features
  • top lip: large papillae
  • top: brown spots; belly: green
  • dorsal fin and a: 2 brown stripes
  • 4 small papillae behind lower jaw
  • tail fin dark base, 2 outer bars
Body moderately depressed; head large, broad, moderately depressed; snout with rounded profile; a large fleshy pad with free rear edge at base of pectoral fin; rear nostril over front edge of eye, front nostril with a simple flap; top jaw with irregular outer row of pointed teeth, & a patch of irregular teeth behind them, a row of canines along side; teeth on lower jaw in 2 rows, outer row larger, 5 pairs of small, pointed incisors at front, followed by row of canines; papillae on head extensively developed, some finger-like, at center of as well as along margin of top lip, 4 small papillae on underside of head behind jaw; anus closer to anal fin origin than to sucker; pectoral 24 rays; sucker with 10 rows of papillae across front section, 2 well separated patches in center; dorsal 14 rays; anal 10 rays; tail 12 rays.

(Preserved fish) Top and sides covered with small dense rusty spots; lower surface green; dorsal and anal clear, with 2 brown stripes; tail: dark brown base, clear outer part with 2 brown bars; pectoral lightly spotted with brown.

Size: 2.7 cm.

Habitat: rocky shores.

Depth: 0-10 m?.

Mazatlan, Mexico, to Costa Rica.


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: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic worms.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=24; Southern limit=9; Western limit=-107; Eastern limit=-83; Latitudinal range=15; Longitudinal range=24.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 2.7 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Mexican + Panamic provinces endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


Names
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References
  • Briggs, J.C., 1951., A review of the clingfishes (Gobiesocidae) of the Eastern Pacific with descriptions of new species., Proceedings of the California Zoological Club, 1:57-108.
  • Briggs, J.C., 1955., A monograph of the clingfishes (Order Xenopterygii)., Stanford Ichthyol. Bull., 6:1-224.
  • 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.

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