Species: Citharichthys minutus, Minute Whiff
between eyes: narrow + bony crest

gill rakers short, flat, 6-7 below
snout not scaled
Citharichthys minutus Cervigon, 1982
Minute Whiff
Body relatively deep (49-53% of SL); eyes on left side, close-set, only a narrow bony crest between them; mouth small (27.2-28.5% of head length), ends under front edge of pupil of lower eye; teeth ~equally developed on both sides of jaws, fixed teeth in 1 series on each jaw, no canines; gill rakers short and flattened, 6-7 lower rakers; 69-74 dorsal fin rays, origin of fin over front edge of upper eye; anal fin 54-56 rays; pectoral fins on both sides of body, with branched rays, eye side fin 9 rays; pelvics symmetrically positioned on belly, base of eye-side fin on body midline, short bases; urinary papilla on blind side, immediately behind anus; lateral line well developed on both sides, eye-side line ~straight, no branch under lower eye, from edge of opercle to tail base; scales finely rough on eye side, smooth on blind side, 34-38 on lateral line; inner 2/3 of tail fin, dorsal and anal fin rays and all body and head except snout scaled; body without accessory scales.
Pale yellowish brown; without distinctive marks on body or fins.
Reaches 5.2 cm.
Lives on soft bottoms.
Depth range: 1-20 m.
Panama to Venezuela.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Caribbean endemic
- Continent
- Continent only
- GC endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 20