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Overview |
Main identification features
- snout and top lip no papillae
- pale + dense brown spots
- belly: 2 rows large brown spots
Body depressed; head moderate, 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 simple, unlobed 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, 3-4 pairs of round-tipped incisors at front, followed by row of long canines; papillae on head poorly developed, short lobes, none on top lip or tip of snout above top lip; anus much nearer sucker than anal fin origin; pectoral 21-22 rays; sucker with 5 rows of papillae across front section, 2 widely spaced patches in center, 3 rows across rear section; dorsal short, 8-10 rays; anal 6-7 rays; tail 11-13 rays.
(Preserved fish) Top and sides pale, translucent, evenly covered with very small brown dots; fins clear, except for few dots at pectoral base; underside pale, 2 rows of larger dark spots from sucker to alongside anus.
Size: 2.8 cm.
Habitat: rocky bottoms.
Depth: 0-10 m?.
Costa Rica.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=10; Southern limit=9; Western limit=-85; Eastern limit=-84; 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: 2.8 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- 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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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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