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Overview |
Main identification features
- nape scaleless
- back ~6 dark saddles
- side: row dark and yellow blotches;
- upper jaw ~to end preopercle
- pectoral: top ray with free tip
Moderately elongate, body compressed; head large (>25% of total length), broad, more depressed and pointed than in G. mirabilis; narrow bony ridge over eye, no median bony ridge between eyes; eyes small, far apart; sensory papillae on head few and separated (small, crowded and numerous in G. mirabilis); jaws very long - lower extends past eye 1/2 way to gill opening, upper extends to edge of preopercle in adults; preopercle covered with skin; teeth small, conical, in bands of 4-5 rows on each jaw; first dorsal fin low, rounded, 6 spines, 10-11 rays; anal fin short, 9-11 rays; pectoral broad, rounded, 20-23 rays, small top ray free from fin for ~1/4 of its length (completely joined to fin in G. mirabilis); tail rounded; membrane between pelvic fin spines with large side lobes; scales small, imbedded, rough in juveniles, smooth in adults; ~65 in lateral row, nape, scaleless (present on nape in G. mirabilis) or head, base of pectoral or throat; skin covered with thick mucous.
Sides light brown, with alternating dark brown and pale yellow blotches; ~6 irregular diffuse black saddles on back; belly yellowish.
Size: 6 cm.
Habitat: rocky tide pools with fine sand bottoms.
Depth: 0-2 m.
Northern 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: 2 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic worms.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=32; Southern limit=29; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-112; Latitudinal range=3; Longitudinal range=3.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Estuary; Mud; Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 6 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Northern Gulf of California endemic; Continent only; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Brackish; Non Marine.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Barlow, G. W., 1961., Gobies of the genus Gillichthys, with comments on the sensory canals as a taxonomic tool., Copeia, 1961:423-437.
- 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.
- Ginsburg, I., 1938., Eight new species of gobioid fishes from the American Pacific coast., Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 2(7):109-121.
- Thomson , D.A. , Findley , L.T. and Kerstitch, A.N., 2000., Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez., University of Texas Press(Revised Ed.):353.
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