Main identification features
- body: ~4 double red bars
- female - 1st dorsal fin white and red
- male - 1st dorsal fin black + yellow spots, tail base black
Dorsal rays III + XIII + 10 to 11, segmented rays branched except first; anal rays II, 18 to 20; pectoral rays 17; pelvic rays I, 2; lateral line more or less horizontal; lateral line with 24-26 tubed scales followed two rows below by 8-12 notched scales; total scales in longitudinal series 34; eye cirrus pointed; scales rough except smooth on belly; preopercle and opercle mostly covered with small scales; scales absent on pectoral fin base; small spinules on edge of eyes, margin of opercle, nape, and dorsal surface of snout.
Whitish with four "double" red-brown bars on side; first dorsal fin white + red spots in female, black + 2 bright yellow/orange spots on its base in male; base of tail fin of mail with black bar.
Size: reaches 6.5 cm.
Habitat: occurs along rocky shores.
Depth: 2-40 m.
Known only from Costa Rica and Panama.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 40 m.
Depth Range Min: 2 m.
Diet: mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=11; Southern limit=8; Western limit=-86; Eastern limit=-81; Latitudinal range=3; Longitudinal range=5.
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: 6.5 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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