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Main identification features
- top lip with papillae
- brown + fine blue lines
Woods' clingfish
Dorsal rays 10-13; anal rays 10; pectoral rays 21; caudal rays 12; well developed lobe-like papillae on head and along center of upper lip; teeth of upper jaw conical, larger toward front; teeth of lower jaw in 2 rows, those of outer row much larger, 3 pairs of compressed incisors at front; anus just in front of level of dorsal fin origin, nearer to sucker than to anal fin; 8-9 rows of papillae across front of sucker disc, 5-6 longitudinal rows on each central patch.
Brown with reticulum of narrow bluish lines, these may be somewhat thickened on sides to form longitudinal stripes; 4-5 broad, diffuse brownish bars across back.
Size: to at least 6 cm.
Inhabits rocky shores.
Depth: 0-10 m?.
Isla del Coco.
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 crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic worms; zooplankton; benthic microalgae.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=6; Southern limit=6; Western limit=-88; Eastern limit=-87; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=1.
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: 6 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Island (s) only; TEP endemic; TEP oceanic island (s) endemic; Cocos Island endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- 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.
- Madrid Vera , J. , Ruíz Luna , A. and Rosado Bravo, I., 1998., Peces de la plataforma continental de Michoacán y sus relaciones regionales en el Pacífico mexicano., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 42(2):267-276.
- Schultz, L.P., 1944., A revision of the American clingfishes, family Gobiesocidae, with descriptions of new genera and forms., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 96:47-77.
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