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Main identification features
- only dorsal fin and tail fin black
- dorsal and anal fins- 14 soft rays
Head about 24% of standard length; body very elongate; depth 12.5% of standard length; first dorsal fin VII, second I,14, two fins joined on the lower 1/4 of the second dorsal; anal fin I, 14: eyes minute; dorsal and anal fins confluent with tail; dorsal, anal and tail fins with serially branched rays (each ray with small side branches); pectoral rays branching in a Y pattern; pelvics fused in a deeply cupped, nearly circular disc, the disc on a stalk, fin rays multiply branched; pectoral short, not reaching past pelvics; mouth large, nearly vertical, ends before center of eye; top jaw with 1 row of depressible, widely spaced, canine-like teeth, lower jaw 2 rows; gill opening from a little below top of pectoral base to a little above pelvic base, lower edge curved back; gill arches with papillae rather than rakers; no lateral line or head pores; scales small, smooth, non-overlapping, imbedded, cover body; head & pectoral base scaleless.
Color: Body translucent white, speckled with black along back, pink around gill area; dorsal fin and tail fin black.
Size: 8 cm.
Habitat: mud bottoms, estuaries.
Depth: 5-40 m.
El Salvador to Panama.
This species, which was originally described as a species of Amblyopus was included in Gobioides by Hoese 1995.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 40 m.
Depth Range Min: 5 m.
Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish eggs.
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; Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) 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: 8 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; 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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- Birdsong , R. S. and Robins, C. R., 1995., New genus and species of seven-spined goby (Gobiidae: Gobiosomini) from the Offing of the Amazon River, Brazil., Copeia, 1995:676-683.
- Günther, A., 1864., Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman and Salvin in Guatemala. Part first., Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864(1):144-154.
- 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.
- 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.
- Van Tassell, J.L. and Baldwin, C.C., 2004., A review of the gobiid genus Akko (Teleostei: Gobiidae) with description of a new species., Zootaxa, 462:1-15.
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