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Main identification features
- 5-11 diffuse, incomplete bars
- last 1/3 dorsal fin and ,a: black
- c: dark + 1-3 black spots
- lower operculum: dark blotch
Body elongate, pointed at tail end, highly compressed; eyes small, close together, on left side, with well developed covers over pupils; snout rounded; mouth small, arched (strongly on blind side), at front or a little under snout; preopercle covered with skin; dorsal origin ~above upper eye, 90-98 dorsal rays; 74-80 anal rays; 11 tail rays; no pectoral; only left pelvic present, separate from anal; dorsal and anal fused to tail;scales rough, on both sides; 82-98 lateral scales; no lateral line.
Top side pale to dark brown, rear 1/4 darker; head and body with 5-11 indistinct, incomplete dark bars, strongest at edges of body; eye-side lips spotted, with dark spot in angle of jaws; inner 1/2 of rays dark on front 2/3 of dorsal and anal, rear 1/3 of both fins abruptly dark, or with a double, alternating series of dark and clear blotches over sections of 2-3 fin rays; tail with 1-3 dark spots from base outwards; lower operculum on eye-side with dark blotch; black gut lining usually not visible behind operculum.
Size: 15 cm.
Habitat: sand and mud bottoms.
Depth: 15-110 m.
Jalisco, Mexico, to Colombia.
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: 110 m.
Depth Range Min: 15 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic worms.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=25; Southern limit=3; Western limit=-108; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=22; Longitudinal range=30.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Mud; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Sand & gravel.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 15 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; 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.
- 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.
- Munroe , and Nizinski,., 1990., Symphurus melasmatotheca and S. undecimplerus (Cynoglossidae, Pleuronectiformes), two new eastern Pacific tonguefishes with eleven caudal-fin rays., Copeia, 1990:985-996.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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