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FishBase 1 thumbnail  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features head large, depressed; groove across nape; side- row dark spots tail fin base - y shaped blotch top jaw extends onto opercle male: anal fin - black stripe Elongate; head large, depressed; transverse groove across nape; eyes on top and close together; mouth large, upper jaw bone very long, reaching onto opercle; 11-13 rakers on 1st gill arch; pelvics fused to form disc; dorsal IV-V + I, 13-15; anal I, 12-15, long base; pelvics short, not reaching near to anus; pectorals long, reaching past end of pelvics, 19 rays; tail long, blunt point; midlateral scales ~50. Color variable: dark to light above, paler below, head and body with dark speckles; tail with 6-7 thin bars; spinous dorsal dark blotches; row of dark spots along midflank; lateral Y shape mark just before tail fin; male with thick black stripe along middle of anal fin. Size: 7.0 cm (4.2 cm in the Gulf of California). Habitat: mud flats of lagoons and river mouths, at times in worm or shrimp burrows. Depth: 0-6 m. California to Gulf of California. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap). Depth Range Max: 6 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs). Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=34; Southern limit=24; Western limit=-119; Eastern limit=-110; Latitudinal range=10; Longitudinal range=9. Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Estuary; Mud; 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 only; Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; California province, primarily; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Brackish; Non Marine. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Balart , E. F. , Castro-Aguirre , J. L. and De Lachica-Bonilla, F., 1997., Análisis comparativo de las comunidades ícticas de fondos blandos y someros de la Bahía de La Paz, B.C. S.. En Urbán Ramírez, J. y M. Ramírez Rodríguez (Eds.). La Bahía de La Paz investigación y conservación., Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur:177-188. Birdsong , R. S. , Murdy , E. O. and Pezold, F. L., 1988., A study of the vertebral column and median fin osteology in gobioid fishes with comments on gobioid relationships., Bull. Mar. Sci., 42:174-214. Brothers, E. B., 1975., The comparative ecology and behavior of three sympatric California gobies. Ph.D. diss., Univ. California. 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. and Balart, E. F., 1997., Contribución al conocimiento de la ictiofauna de fondos blandos y someros de la Ensenada de La Paz y Bahía de La Paz, B.C.S.. En Urbán Ramírez, J. y M. Ramírez Rodríguez (Eds.). La Bahía de La Paz investigación y conservación., Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur:139-150. Castro-Aguirre, J.L., 1999., Ictiofauna estuarino-lagunar y vicaria de México., Editorial Limusa S.A. de C.V.: 1-629pp. Eschmeyer , W. N. , Herald , E. S. and Hamman, H., 1983., A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California. Peterson Field Guide Ser. 28., Houghton Mifflin:336pp. 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. Galván-Magaña, F., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, F., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., 2000., The distribution and affinities of the shore fishes of the Baja California Sur lagoons. In Aquatic Ecosystems of Mexico: Status and Scope. Eds. M. Manuwar, S.G. Lawrence, I.F. Manuwar & D.F. Malley. Ecovision World Monograph Series., Backhuys Publishers:383-398. Jenkins , O.P. and Evermann, B.W., 1889., Description of eighteen new species of fishes from the Gulf of California., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 11:137-158. Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1898., The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part III., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 47:2183-3136. Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp. Minckley, W.L., 2002., Fishes of the lowermost colorado river, its delta, and estuary: a commentary on biotic change. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:63-78. 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Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Quietula&speciesname=y-cauda ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Quietula&speciesname=y-cauda http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Quietula&speciesname=y-cauda ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Quietula&speciesname=y-cauda https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Quietula&speciesname=y-cauda ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Quietula-y-cauda.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Quietula Species in    Gobiidae - Classification - Gobionellinae Gobiidae Gobiiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Quietula y-cauda ( Jenkins & Evermann , 1889 ) American shadow goby Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Quietula y-cauda   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Google image No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Gobiidae. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae Etymology: Quietula: Latin, quietus = quiet (Ref. 45335 ) . More on authors: Jenkins & Evermann . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; brackish; demersal. Subtropical Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Pacific: Morro Bay in central California, USA to the Gulf of California. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274 ); Found in mud flats of lagoons and river mouths. Sometimes occurs in worm or shrimp burrows. Oviparous (Ref. 56079 ). Males guard the eggs which are found attached to the walls of burrows (Ref. 56079 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Oviparous (Ref. 56079 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann , 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 25 May 2007 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00442 - 0.02163), b=3.05 (2.86 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 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