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Gobiesox marijeanae Briggs, 1960
LONELY CLINGFISH
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Gobiesox marijeanae
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Gobiesox marijeanae

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Overview
Main identification features
  • top lip - no papillae
  • dorsal fin long, origin near pectoral
  • dark, mottled and blotched
  • several dark bars under eye
Body moderately depressed; head large, broad, well depressed; snout shallow; a large fleshy pad with free rear edge at base of pectoral fin; rear nostril over front edge of eye, front nostril with a medium sized 2-lobed 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, 6-7 pairs of rounded incisors at front, followed by row of canines; papillae on head small, poorly developed, none on margin of top lip; 8-10 rakers on 2nd & 3rd gill arches; anus much closer to anal fin origin than sucker; pectoral 24 rays; sucker with 6-7 rows of papillae across front section, 2 widely spaced patches in center, 3 rows across rear section; dorsal fin long, 17-20 rays, origin near pectoral fin; anal 10-12 rays, tip extends past tip of dorsal; tail 10-11 rays.

(Preserved fish) Top and sides blotched & spotted with irregular pattern of black; head with several thin dark lines radiating from eye to front and sides of mouth; fins uniform grey, pectorals lighter; lower surface dark behind sucker, with some color on and before sucker.

Size: 7 cm.

Habitat: rocky bottoms.

Depth: 0-10 m?.

Tres Marias Islands, Mexico.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos).
Depth Range Max: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=22; Southern limit=22; Western limit=-107; Eastern limit=-107; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=1.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
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: 7 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Mexican province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


Names
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References
  • Briggs, J.C., 1960., A new clingfish of the genus Gobiesox from the Tres Marias islands., Copeia, 1969(3):215-217.
  • Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional.
  • 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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