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Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Microdesmus dipus © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Microdesmus dipus 3 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features head mottled;eye on side, not tiny irregular stripe - top back flank to anal fin origin: short bars chin - knob Slender, wormlike, body height ~7% of standard length; head length ~11% of standard length; body and head marginally longer (by about length of snout) than tail (without fin); vertebrae: 25-27 in trunk, 27-29 in tail; eyes not tiny, on sides of head, not skin covered; snout rounded, chin with fleshy knob; lips not prominent, fleshy or thickened, with small flanges at sides; gill opening relatively large, not tubular, length about equal to pectoral base; teeth in 2 rows; dorsal and anal fins confluent with tail fin; dorsal XVI-XVIII evenly spaced spines, 36-41 rays, 53-58 elements in total, origin 1/3 pectoral fin length behind tip of the pressed-down fin; anal 32-37 rays; pectoral 11-13 rays, ~same length as pelvic; pelvic I, 3; tail fin rounded; scales small, non-overlapping; scales well separated; body and head scaled except for tip of lower jaws and tip of snout. White to tan; dark blotches on top and sides of head; row of irregular dark blotches scattered along entire base of dorsal fin, sometimes forming a dark stripe; row of short, irregular dark oblique bars along mid-flank to level of origin of anal fin, grading into irregular smaller blotches and spots behind; markings often variable in shape and distribution. Size: 8.8 cm. Habitat: intertidal rock pools. Depth: 0-5 m. SW and SE Gulf of California to Panama, the Galapagos. 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). Depth Range Max: 5 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs). Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=27; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-112; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=29; Longitudinal range=33. Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: 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: 8.8 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Brackish. 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 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., 1999., Ictiofauna estuarino-lagunar y vicaria de México., Editorial Limusa S.A. de C.V.: 1-629pp. Dawson, C.E., 1968., Eastern Pacific wormfishes, Microdesmus dipus Gunther and Microdesmus dorsipunctatus sp.nov., Copeia, 1968(1):512-531. 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. 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. Günther, A., 1864., On some new species of Central American fishes., Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 14:227-232. 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. Meek , S.E. and Hildebrand, S.F., 1928., The marine fishes of Panama. Part III., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. Publ., XV:709-1045. Myers , G.S. and Wade, C.B., 1946., New fishes of the families Dactyloscopidae, Microdesmidae and Antennariidae from the west coast of Mexico and the Galapagos Islands with a brief account of the use of rotenone fish poisons in Ichthyological collecting., Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 9(6):151-179. Reid, E.D., 1936., Revision of the fishes of the family Microdesmidae, with descriptions of a new species., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 84(3002):55-72. Thacker, C., 2000., Phylogeny of the wormfishes (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Microdesmidae)., Copeia, 2000:940-957. Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. 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=Microdesmus&speciesname=dipus ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Microdesmus&speciesname=dipus http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Microdesmus&speciesname=dipus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Microdesmus&speciesname=dipus https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Microdesmus&speciesname=dipus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Microdesmus-dipus.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    Microdesmus Species in    Microdesmidae - Classification - Microdesminae Microdesmidae Gobiiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Microdesmus dipus Günther , 1864 Banded worm goby Upload your photos  and  videos Google image No image available for this species; drawing shows typical species in Microdesmidae. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Microdesminae Etymology: Microdesmus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, desmos = link (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Günther . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal. Tropical Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California to Panama. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 28023 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Inhabits mud bottoms near the shore. Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Randall, John E. | Collaborators Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson , 1994. Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p. (Ref. 11482 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Data deficient (DD)  ; Date assessed: 23 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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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.6   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 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