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FishBase 1 thumbnail  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features 1st dorsal fin : dark spot at rear base; spines very long c: lower 1/2 dark,base without spot, top lip: no black line throat, pelvic y a: black Head large, (>1/4 of standard length); eye (7-10% of standard length); tail base relatively deep (least depth 9-14% of standard length); dorsal fin VII + I, 14 (occasionally 13) rays, anal with 14 (13-15) rays; last rays of dorsal and anal reach past tail fin base; 4th &5th spines of dorsal very long and filamentous, reaching to or beyond tail fin base; pectorals 22-26 rays, reaching past origin of anal fin; pelvics reaching anus; tail fin pointed, long ( 1/2 standard length); scales large, rough, 24-28 in lateral series, 6-9 before dorsal fin, 1 large + several small on pectoral base; 1 large + several small on upper opercle; several medium sized on upper preopercle & 1 large + 1-2 small ones on lower preopercle. Body grey-brown with 2 rows of irregular orange blotches; head with orange spots and lines; no dark line along top lip; 1 dark spot with clear margin covering base of last 3 dorsal fin spines; gill membranes, pelvic, anal and lower 1/2 of tail fin black; pectoral and dorsal fins dusky; no black spot at base of tail fin. Size: to 14 cm. Habitat: muddy sand bottoms. Depth: 15-120 m. The Gulf of California to Colombia. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo). Depth Range Max: 120 m. Depth Range Min: 15 m. Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic worms. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=32; Southern limit=5; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=27; Longitudinal range=37. 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: 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: 14 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. 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 Bedenbaugh, R. L., 1988., A review of the Pacific members of the gobiid fish genus Bollmannia Jordan., Old Dominion University:1-56. 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. 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. Gilbert, C.H., 1892., Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross." 22. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of fishes collected in 1888 and 1889, principally among the Santa Barbara Islands and in the Gulf of California., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 14:539-566. Ginsburg, I., 1939., Twenty-one new American gobies., J. Wash. Acad.Sci., 29(2):51-63. 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. 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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