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Main identification features
- nape cirri together
- dorsal fin has 19 spines-xxiii
- body: 4-5 dark bars
- female - mesh lines on flank
Dorsal rays XIX to XXIII, 12-14 (usually XXI, 12); anal rays II, 20-24 (usually 22-23); pectoral rays 13-15 (usually 14); lateral-line scales 53-65; scales present or absent on midline in front of dorsal fin; scales present on prepectoral and breast areas of specimens in excess of 5 cm (tail fin excluded); jaws with single row of large conical teeth; teeth on front of roof of mouth only; cirri present on nostrils, above eye, and together on nape.
Olive greenish on upper half, whitish on breast and belly, 4-5 irregular-shaped dark brown bars on side; dorsal, anal and caudal fin of males uniformly dusky, but spotted in females; females with reticular pattern of dark lines on lower part of sides.
Size: to 13 cm.
Habitat: very common in the northern Gulf of California on shallow reefs among seaweed.
Depth: 1-5 m.
Western and northeastern Gulf of California.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap).
Depth Range Max: 5 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic worms.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=32; Southern limit=25; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-111; Latitudinal range=7; Longitudinal range=4.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Macroalgae; 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: 13 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Northern Gulf of California endemic; Continent only; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- 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.
- Galván-Magaña, F., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, F., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., 2000., The distribution and affinities of the shore fishes of the Baja California Sur lagoons. In Aquatic Ecosystems of Mexico: Status and Scope. Eds. M. Manuwar, S.G. Lawrence, I.F. Manuwar & D.F. Malley. Ecovision World Monograph Series., Backhuys Publishers:383-398.
- Springer, V. G., 1959., Systematics and zoogeography of the clinid fishes of the subtribe Labrisomini Hubbs., Pubs. Inst. Mar. Sci. Univ. Texas,, 5:417-492.
- Thomson , D.A. , Findley , L.T. and Kerstitch, A.N., 2000., Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez., University of Texas Press(Revised Ed.):353.
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