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Main identification features
- male: side - yellow spots
- male: under 1st dorsal fin - dark blotch
- male: anal fin yellow
- female: pectoral base - 2 blue spots
- female: under 1st dorsal fin : blue bar + 2 pale bars
- female: rear body pale
Head and body compressed; nape crest low to absent in both sexes; mouth large, nearly vertical; tip of tongue divided; 2-3 pores on preopercle; dorsal fin VII spines, in both sexes 2nd to 5th spines very long, extending to middle of soft dorsal, 15-17 rays; anal fin 16-17 rays; pectoral fin 20-22 rays; tail long, rounded or pointed; pelvics fused to form disc; scales on body from pectoral axil rearwards, in 62-78 lateral rows; patch of rough scales on flank behind base of pectoral fin, remaining scales smooth.
Male - body yellowish-green; flank above belly blue-white overlaid by orange spots; a faint dusky blotch under spinous dorsal; cheeks and opercle with blue stripes and orange spots; dorsal fins with 2-4 rows of oange spots, outer margin of second dorsal orange; anal fin yellow to brown, with whitish margin; tail fin yellowish to reddish below, with rows reddish spots above, with an orange marginal stripe above and a reddish one below; pectoral base with orange spots; pelvics dusky yellow. Female - yellow-green with 3 narrow pale bars (the first one blue) under spinous dorsal; pectoral base with 2 large blue spots; a cluster of yellow spots behind eye and above pectoral base; base of tail (behind anus) abruptly paler than body; dorsal and tail fins similar to those of male; pelvics whitish; anal darker basally.
Size: 5.5 cm.
Habitat: mangroves with mud bottom.
Depth: 0-6 m.
El Salvador to northern Peru.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 6 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: pelagic fish larvae; zooplankton.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=14; Southern limit=-4; Western limit=-89; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=18; 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; Mangrove; 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: 5.5 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Non Marine.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Birdsong , R. S. , Murdy , E. O. and Pezold, F. L., 1988., A study of the vertebral column and median fin osteology in gobioid fishes with comments on gobioid relationships., Bull. Mar. Sci., 42:174-214.
- Birdsong, R.S., 1981., A review of the gobiid fish genus Microgobius Poey., Bull. Mar. Sci., 31(2):267-306.
- 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.
- Ginsburg, I., 1939., Twenty-one new American gobies., J. Wash. Acad.Sci., 29(2):51-63.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
- 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.
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