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Main identification features
- head depressed;wide between eyes
- flank: 6 diffuse bars
- tail fin base - diffuse black spot
- mouth to mid-eye
- pectoral base - black blotch
- anal fin and lower c: white borders
Dorsal rays VII + I, 9-12; anal rays I, 11-12; pectoral rays 17; pelvic disc present; head depressed, wide between eyes; mouth reaches to mid-eye; pectorals long, pointed; scales relatively large and mainly rough, midlateral scales 28-34; head scaleless; tail fin with long central point, much longer than head.
Head and back brown, whitish on sides; scales of body with narrow blackish margins; 4-6 diffuse blackish bars on side and large diffuse blackish spot at base of caudal fin; a large prominent black spot on upper half of pectoral fin base; lower margin of tail and anal fins white.
Size: to at least 7 cm.
Inhabits shallow bays and estuaries.
Depth: 1-10 m.
El Salvador 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: 1 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic worms.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=14; Southern limit=8; Western limit=-90; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=6; Longitudinal range=11.
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: 7 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; 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.
- Eigenmann , C.H. and Eigenmann, R.S., 1888., A list of American species of Gobiidae and Callionymidae, with notes on the specimens contained in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Massachusetts., Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2(1):51-78.
- 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.
- Ginsburg, I., 1939., Twenty-one new American gobies., J. Wash. Acad.Sci., 29(2):51-63.
- Hoese, D.F., 1973., Gobius lucretiae referred to the gobiid fish genus Parrella, with a review of the species., Copeia, 1973(4):817-819.
- 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.
- Phillips, P. C., 1981., Annotated Checklist of Fishes at Jiquilisco Bay, El Salvador., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 29:45-58.
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