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Main identification features
- nasal organ: papilla + cross tube
- wide, convex between eyes
- back and sides - dense spots
- back and belly: skin prickly
Body robust, oval; head low and broad, notably wider than deep; snout short (37-39% of head length); wide and convex between eyes; nasal organ a low, broad papilla, with a transverse tube, with a cluster of small pits on inner surface of the tube; skin on back and abdomen with prickles; dorsal fin inserted slightly nearer tip of tail than eye; anal fin similar to dorsal, inserted just behind base of last dorsal ray; tail edge straight, lower lobe rounded; pectoral broad; fins blunt.
Upper half of head and body dark, paler below; with variable yellowish markings: in some specimens back and upper sides with evenly distributed, variably sized (from 1/2 eye to larger than eye), variably spaced dark spots, in others spots are arranged (sometimes nearly united) in concentric circles, with smallest ring in center of back, all gradations between these two patterns occur; young specimens - cross lines on head, concentric rings enclosing rings on back, reticulations on sides; larger specimens - pale yellow predominates, ground color and lines and rings are broken into dark spots; tail dusky, other fins greenish.
Size: 26 cm.
Habitat: demersal on coastal soft bottoms, common in estuaries.
Depth: 0-10 m.
Costa Rica to Ecuador.
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: sponges/seasquirts/bryozoa; soft corals/hydroids; benthic microalgae; sessile worms; sessile molluscs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=11; Southern limit=-3; Western limit=-86; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=14; Longitudinal range=8.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Omnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Estuary; Mud; 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: 26 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Marine.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Breder, C.M. Jr., 1936., Scientific results of the second oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1926. Heterosomata to Pediculati from Panama to Lower California., Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collect. Yale Univ., 2(3):1-56.
- Bussing , W. A. and Lopez, M. I., 1994., Demersal and pelagic inshore fishes of the Pacific coast of lower central America. An illustrated guide., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 1994:1-164.
- Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741.
- 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 III. Vertebrados - Parte 2., FAO3:1201-1813.
- Gilbert , C.H. and Starks, E.C., 1904., The fishes of Panama Bay., Mem. Calif. Acad.Sci., 4:1-304.
- Günther, A., 1870., Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum., Brithish Museum (Natural History)8:1-549.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
- 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.
- Meek , S.E. and Hildebrand, S.F., 1928., The marine fishes of Panama. Part III., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. Publ., XV:709-1045.
- Rojas , J. R. , Pizarro , J. F. and Castro, M.V., 1994., Diversidad y Abundancia íctica en tres áreas de manglar en el Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 42:663-672.
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