Species: Citharichthys uhleri, Voodoo Whiff
eye small, between eyes narrow + crest

Citharichthys uhleri Jordan in Jordan & Goss, 1889
Voodoo Whiff
Body relatively deep (43-49% of SL); snout not projecting, nape convex and part of the body profile; eyes on left side, close-set, separated by a narrow, concave ridge; mouth medium length (upper jaw 39-44% of head length), ends under lower eye; teeth ~equally developed on both sides of jaws, fixed teeth in 1 series on each jaw, front teeth enlarged, no canines; gill rakers long and slender, 5+12-13; dorsal rays ~68, length of 1st dorsal ray 22-29% of head length; anal rays ~52; pectoral fin on both sides of body, with branched rays; pelvic fins symmetrically positioned on belly, base of eye-side fin on body midline, short bases, 6 rays; 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 smooth to weakly rough; 52-55 lateral line scales.
Grey-brown, with many small white flecks on eye side; dorsal and anal fins often with 6-7 black spots in a row along inner half of fin.
Reaches 16.1 cm.
Lives on soft bottoms; common in estuaries and moves 20 km up into freshwater in coastal streams at altitudes of 60 m.
Depth range: 1-10 m.
The southern Gulf of Mexico to the SW Caribbean.
Note: may be conspecific with C. arenaceus.

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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Freshwater
- Marine
- 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
- Beach
- Estuary
- Freshwater
- 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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- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 16.1
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 10