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Main identification features
- eye tiny, high
- plain color
- tail fin round
- snout blunt;lips thick, with large flanges
- pectoral 12 anal fin 45-52
Slender, wormlike, body height 3-9% of standard length; tail (without fin) distinctly longer than body and head, ~61-70% of standard length); head deep; eyes tiny, skin-covered, near top of head; snout blunt and square, lower jaw only a little projecting; lips thick, with fleshy folds, flanges at sides of corner of mouth; gill opening large, not tubular, longer than base of pectoral; pectoral 10-14 (usually 12) rays; dorsal and anal fins confluent with tail fin; dorsal 66-68 elements, origin over rear half of pectoral, spines evenly spaced; anal 45-52 elements; tail fin rounded, short - <3/4 head length; pelvics I, 3 shorter than pectorals; scales well separated; body and head scaly except for snout and lower jaw; scales with 31 radiating ridges.
(Preserved fish) uniform olive; tail slightly dusky, other fins clear.
Size: 11 cm.
Habitat: rocky shores.
Depth: 0-10 m.
Costa Rica to Panama.
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 crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic worms.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=10; Southern limit=8; Western limit=-85; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=2; Longitudinal range=6.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Estuary; 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: 11 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Non Marine.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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References |
- Birdsong , R. S. , Murdy , E. O. and Pezold, F. L., 1988., A study of the vertebral column and median fin osteology in gobioid fishes with comments on gobioid relationships., Bull. Mar. Sci., 42:174-214.
- 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 II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
- 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.
- Reid, E.D., 1936., Revision of the fishes of the family Microdesmidae, with descriptions of a new species., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 84(3002):55-72.
- Thacker, C., 2000., Phylogeny of the wormfishes (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Microdesmidae)., Copeia, 2000:940-957.
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