Species: Citharichthys valdezi, Venezuelan Whiff
between eyes: narrow + bony crest

gill rakers 3-5 + 7-9
Citharichthys valdezi Cervigón, 1986
Venezuelan Whiff
Body moderately deep (45-50% of SL); eyes on left side, close-set, only a narrow bony crest between them; lower head profile angular; mouth large, ends under lower eye; teeth ~equally developed on both sides of jaws, fixed teeth in 1 series on each jaw, no canines; gill rakers mainly long and slender, 3-5+ 7-9, upper rakers very short; edge of operculum on blind side without cirri; 78-86 dorsal fin rays, origin of fin before upper eye; anal fin 60-66 rays; pectoral fin on both sides of body, with branched rays, 1st ray small, <1/2 length of 2nd; pelvic fins 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, from edge of opercle to tail base, no branch under lower eye; scales large, rough on both sides, 42-45 on lateral line.
Preserved fish: brown above, white below.
Reaches 8.4 cm.
Lives on soft bottoms.
Depth range: 1-75 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
- Zooplankton
- 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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- 8.4
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 75