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head depressed, wide, flat eye > 25% of head length   D1 origin before A origin   6-10 scales between D1 & D2 47-57 lateral scales   mouth a little under snout edge of top lip folded down        Images   Similar Species (4) Atherinops affinisAtherinopsis californiensisLeuresthes sardinaColpichthys hubbsi This Genus species (2) Colpichthys hubbsiColpichthys regis Colpichthys regis (Jenkins and Evermann 1889) False grunion Body deep and strongly compressed; head depressed, and broadly flattened above; top profile ~ straight; eye large (at least 25% of head length); mouth partly below snout, top jaw extendible; edge of top lip folded down; jaw teeth with double, asymmetrical points; hair-like teeth inside throat; 15-19 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch, rakers are short, compressed, the inner border of the lower half of the 1st  raker serrated; 1st  dorsal with ~ VI spines, origin before anal fin origin; anal I, 22;  pectoral fins long (1.5x head length; 3 rows of scales below eye; 4 rows of scales on cheeks; 46-57 lateral scales; 6-10 scales between dorsal fins. Color: Pale, flank with a 1 scale wide silver stripe, bordered above by a dark line. Reaches 20 cm. Found in coastal areas and lagoons and mangroves. Depth range 0-4 m. Endemic to the upper Gulf of California. Questions or comments Email STRI data manager		High Resolution Map Print Friendly Version
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