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Main identification features
- head: granular, wide central groove; 4 ridges between eyes
- head narrow, pointed
- 2nd dorsal fin base ~ 1st dorsal fin base
- mouth narrow;top barbel short
Body elongate; head narrow, tapering to a square point, length 1/4-1/3 of standard length; mouth below, narrow (width 31-37% of head length; lips thin to moderate; head covered with large scattered granules, forming 4 crests between eyes; groove on top of head shallow, moderately wide, narrowing to rear; bone at rear of head wide, triangular, contacts wide, semilunar plate at dorsal fin origin ; upper barbels not reaching pectoral spines; gill opening wide, membranes not adhering to chest; sides of roof of mouth with 4 tooth patches, side ones large, long, with waist, pointed at rear; 11-13 rakers on first gill arch; base of adipose (2nd) dorsal fin a little shorter than that of 1st dorsal fin; 19-20 anal rays; 9-10 pectoral rays, pectoral spine strongly serrated; plate above base of pectoral fin triangular, pointed.
Back brown to grey; flanks and belly silver; dorsal fin pale to dark; other fins dusky; barbels grey.
Size: 38 cm.
Habitat: demersal; coastal marine and in high-salinity estuaries.
Depth: 10-20 m?.
The Gulf of Fonseca (El Salvador) to central Costa Rica.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 30 m.
Depth Range Min: 10 m.
Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=14; Southern limit=9; Western limit=-89; Eastern limit=-84; Latitudinal range=5; Longitudinal range=5.
Egg Type: Brooded; No pelagic larva; No pelagic phase.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: 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: 38 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Brackish.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Betancur-R., R., 2003., Filogenia de los bagres marinos (Siluriformes: Ariidae) del nuevo mundo., Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 123pp.
- Betancur-R., R., Acero, A., 2004., Description of Notarius biffi n. sp. and redescription of N. insculptus (Jordan and Gilbert) (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the eastern Pacific, with evidence of monophyly and limits of Notarius., Zootaxa, 703:1-20.
- 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 II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
- 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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