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Malacoctenus hubbsi Springer, 1959
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Malacoctenus hubbsi
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Malacoctenus hubbsi

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Malacoctenus hubbsi
© Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0
Malacoctenus hubbsi

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Main identification features
  • body: 5 bars; flank: narrow stripes
  • male: lower 1/2 red
  • pelvic base: dark spot
Dorsal rays XIX to XXI, 9-13 (usually XX, 11); anal rays II, 18-23 (usually 19-21); pectoral rays 13-15 (usually 14); lateral-line scales 49-61; scales absent on midline in front of dorsal fin; scales absent or present on prepectoral and breast areas of adults; jaws with single row of large conical teeth; teeth only at front of roof of mouth; cirri present on nostrils, above eye, and on nape.

Males light greenish on upper half, reddish or pink on lower half, 5-6 irregular-shaped dark brown bars on side and narrow stripes below; a small dark spot in front of each pelvic fin base; females similar except lacking reddish or pink hue on belly.

Size: grows to 9 cm.

Habitat: the most common blenny in rocky shallows of the Gulf of California.

Depth: 1-7.6 m.

Central Baja California to the Gulf of California to southern Mexico.

M. h. hubbsi occurs in the Gulf, M. h. polysporosus in central and southern Mexico.


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).

Depth Range Max: 7.6 m.

Depth Range Min: 1 m.

Diet: sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins; mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).

Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=32; Southern limit=17; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-101; Latitudinal range=15; Longitudinal range=14.

Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.

Feeding Group: Carnivore.

FishBase Habitat: Demersal.

Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.

Habitat: Macroalgae; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.

Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.

IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.

Length Max: 9 cm.

Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic; All species.

Residency: Resident.

Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.

Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;

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References
  • De la Cruz , J. , Galvan , F. , Abitia , L. A. , Rodriguez , J. and Gutierrez, F. J., 1994., Lista sistematica de los peces marinos de Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur (Mexico). Systematic List of marine fishes from Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur (Mexico)., Ciencias Marinas, 20:17-31.
  • 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., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., Pérez-España, H., Chávez-Ramos, H., 1996., Systematics list of the fishes from Cerralvo island, Baja California Sur, Mexico., Ciencias Marinas, 22:295-311.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Madrid Vera , J. , Ruíz Luna , A. and Rosado Bravo, I., 1998., Peces de la plataforma continental de Michoacán y sus relaciones regionales en el Pacífico mexicano., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 42(2):267-276.
  • Petersen, C.W., 1988., Male matin success, sexual size dimorphism, and site fidelity in two species of Malacoctenus (Labrisomidae)., Environmental Biology of Fishes, 21:173-183.
  • Riginos , C. and Victor, B. C., 2001., Larval spatial distributions and other early life-history characteristics predict genetic differentiation in eastern Pacific blenniod fishes., Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. (B), 268:1-6.
  • Springer, V. G., 1959., Systematics and zoogeography of the clinid fishes of the subtribe Labrisomini Hubbs., Pubs. Inst. Mar. Sci. Univ. Texas,, 5:417-492.
  • Stepien , C.A. , Dixon , M.T. and Hillis, D.M., 1993., Evolutionary relationships of the blennioid fish families Clinidae, Labrisomidae and Chaenopsidae: Congruence Between DNA Sequence and Allozyme Data., Bull. Mar. Sci., 52:496-515.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Villareal-Cavazos, A., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Bermúdez-Almada, B. and Arizpe-Covarrubias, O., 2000., Los peces del arrecife de Cabo Pulmo, Golfo de California, México: Lista sistemática y aspectos de abundancia y biogeografía., Rev. Biol. Trop., 48:413-424.


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