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Main identification features slender, compressed mottled red/brown; pectoral: black tip soft dorsal fin has 3-4 rays rows brown dots 3 small spines under eye body: no skin flaps Dorsal rays XII,10; anal rays III,5; pectoral rays 21, the lower 14 unbranched and thickened; body relatively slender, depth 30-33% of standard length; snout relatively short, 7-11% of standard length; width between eyes 4% of standard length (5-6% in S. sonorae, a very similar species); pit behind eye weakly developed, only a slight depression; no pit below eye; ridge below eye bearing three small spines; cirrus above eye disappearing in adults; skin flaps absent on body. Generally mottled red and brown; pectoral fins with blackish tip; 3-4 irregular rows of small spots on soft dorsal (rather than a rounded dark spot as in S. sonorae). Reported to at least 13 cm. Inhabits sand-rubble bottoms. Depth: 7-160 m. Southern Baja and the Gulf of California to northern Peru, Cocos and Malpelo. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ); North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California). Depth Range Max: 160 m. Depth Range Min: 7 m. Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); octopus/squid/cuttlefish. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=31; Southern limit=-8; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=39; Longitudinal range=37. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Sand & gravel; Soft bottom only; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove). Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 13 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Brackish. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;

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References

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Acknowledgements

Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.

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