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Overview |
Main identification features
- cirri: nape none, nasal long
- body: 2-3 rows blotches forming 7 bars
- dorsal fin base - red and green spots
Dorsal rays XXI, 9; anal rays II, 19; total (right and left) pectoral rays 26; lateral-line scales 39; a short, unbranched cirrus on each nostril, above eye, none in nape; teeth of jaws conical, curved, and pointed; roof of mouth with teeth only at front; first anal spine of males separate from anal fin and modified as intromittent organ; tip of male genital papilla extending beyond fleshy tip of second anal spine.
Yellowish or pale tan with 2-3 longitudinal rows of large brown spots or blotches; head yellowish to reddish, with dark spots on lower operculum; a dark spot between first and second dorsal spines; red and green spots along base of dorsal fin; remainder of fins plain.
Size: attains 4 cm.
Habitat: occurs in shallow sand-weed areas close to shore.
Depth: 1-5 m.
Puerto Vallarta (Mexico) to Panama.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 5 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=21; Southern limit=8; Western limit=-106; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=13; Longitudinal range=27.
Egg Type: Live birth; 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); Macroalgae; Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 4 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Mexican + Panamic provinces endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
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.
- 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.
- Rosenblatt , R.H. and Taylor, L.R., 1971., The Pacific species of the clinid fish tribe Starksiini., Pac. Sci., 25:436-463.
- Rosenblatt , R.H. and Taylor, L.R., 1972., A second record of Starksia posthon (Clinidae) with an expanded description., Copeia, 1972(3):599.
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