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Main identification features
- eye not tiny, at side;snout round
- stripe behind eyeflank: row oblique spots
- front base dorsal fin -spots
- lower lips - side pouches
Slender, wormlike, body height 4-8% of standard length; body and head distinctly longer than tail (with fin); 35-37 trunk vertebrae, 30-32 tail vertebrae; gill opening large, not tubular; teeth in 1-3 rows; scales well separated; snout rounded; lower lips with pouches on sides that receive top lips and snout when mouth is closed; eye not tiny, not skin covered, on side of head; dorsal and anal fins confluent with tail fin; dorsal 28 evenly spaced spines, 42 rays (total 68-70 elements) origin ; over pressed-down pectoral; 34-37 anal elements; pectoral 13 rays; tail fin rounded.
Two dark bars under eye; a dark stripe from the rear of the eye joins a row of round to diagonal spots running along mid-flank for 2/3 the length of the dorsal and anal fins, 34-37 spots between head and origin of anal fin, spots becoming more crescentic rearwards; a row of asymmetrically placed oblong spots on each side of the dorsal fin; 3 streaks of pigment radiate horizontally and vertically from eye; irregular dark blotches on cheek and opercle; fin membranes clear.
Size: 12.5 cm.
Habitat: rocky shores.
Depth: 0-5 m.
SW Gulf of California to Panama.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos).
Depth Range Max: 5 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=27; Southern limit=8; Western limit=-112; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=19; Longitudinal range=34.
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; Mangrove; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 12.5 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Non Marine.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Castri-Aguirre, J.L., Espinoza-Pérez, H. and Schmitter-Soto, J.J., 2002., Lista sitemática, biogeográfica y ecológica de la ictiofauna estuarino lagunar y vicaria de México. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:117-142.
- Castro-Aguirre, J.L., 1999., Ictiofauna estuarino-lagunar y vicaria de México., Editorial Limusa S.A. de C.V.: 1-629pp.
- 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.
- 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.
- Gilbert, C.R., 1966., Two new Wormfishes (family Microdesmidae) from Costa Rica., Copeia, 1966(1):325-332.
- 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.
- Thacker, C., 2000., Phylogeny of the wormfishes (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Microdesmidae)., Copeia, 2000:940-957.
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