Species: Microdesmus carri, Stippled wormfish

A 34-40, origin under D elements 33-38
D & A join round C

Microdesmus carri Gilbert, 1966
Stippled wormfish
Slender, wormlike, body height 5-9% of SL; small conspicuous eyes on side of head; snout moderately blunt; interorbital about ½ eye diameter; front nostril a widely flared tube, rear a pore with raised rim; mouth strongly oblique, lower jaw heavy, protruding, strongly rounded; teeth in 2 rows, conical; tongue rounded; gill opening large (not tubular); one, long based continuous dorsal fin, XXIV-XXVII, 41-42, its origin before pectoral tip; anal fin 0, 34-40, origin under dorsal elements 33-38; dorsal and anal fins connected to tail fin; pectoral fins 13; pelvic fins minute, I, 3 rays, rays unbranched; tail fin rounded; scales minute, well separated, embedded, numerous, covering upper 2/3 of body; few scales on head; no lateral line.
Translucent, heavily stippled with small spots, especially along the top; belly white; 3 dark lines radiating from eye; a dark stripe along top of back; pigment along entire base of anal fin, and bases of last 5 dorsal rays.
Reaches: 5.9 cm.
Habitat: low to moderately saline lagoons on muddy and sandy bottoms.
Depth: 0-40 m.
SW Gulf of Mexico to the SW Caribbean.

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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Non Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- Estuary
- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Continent
- All species..
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5.9
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 40