Species: Lepidonectes clarkhubbsi, Signal triplefin
D1: female white & red, male black + 2 yellow spots
male - tail base black
D3 10-11
A 18-20
Lepidonectes clarkhubbsi Bussing, 1991
Signal triplefin
Body moderately elongate; large pointed cirrus over eye; small spinules on edge of orbits, margin of preopercle, nape, and dorsal surface of snout; teeth on sides of roof of mouth; dorsal fins III+XIII+10-11, segmented rays branched except first; anal rays II, 18-20; pelvic fins joined by membrane for at least 1/3 of length of outer ray; lateral line in 2 sections, 1st section with 24-26 tubed scales, 2nd with 8-12 notched scales; total scales in longitudinal series 34; scales rough except smooth on belly; preopercle & most of opercle covered with small scales; scales absent on pectoral-fin base.
Female: whitish with four "double" red-brown bars on side, a dark brown bar on tail base; first dorsal fin white + red spots; male: colors brighter, body bars more extensive, 1st dorsal fin black + 2 bright yellow/orange spots on its base, tail fin with red-brown bars.
Size: reaches 6.5 cm.
Habitat: occurs along rocky shores.
Depth: 2-40 m.
Known only from Costa Rica to Colombia.
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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 only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- Panamic province endemic
- Continent
- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 6.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 2
- Depth Range Max
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- 40
