Species: Tomicodon absitus, Distant clingfish, Revillagigedos clingfish

fins clear; C base - pale bar

pectoral 20
Tomicodon absitus Briggs, 1955
Distant clingfish, Revillagigedos clingfish
Body relatively slender, elongate, head relatively slender (both viewed from above); 8-10 rakers on 2nd & 3rd gill arch; front nostril with short (height ~ same as diameter of nostril) skin flap; rear nostril above or slightly behind front edge of eye; 4 pairs of upper & 3 pairs of lower 3-pointed incisors, followed, on each jaw, by 1 large canine; anus ~ ½ way between sucker and anal fin origin; pectoral 20 rays; only a small fleshy swelling at pectoral base; sucker disc with broad patch of papillae at front, no papillae in center, 5-6 rows of papillae across rear section; dorsal 7 rays; anal 6-7 rays; tail 8 rays.
(Preserved fish) Upper body very pale; top of body & head covered with tiny brown spots, concentrated in 4 areas along back; prominent dark spot on flank above pectoral fin; fins clear, a pale bar across tail base.
Size: 2.3 cm.
Habitat: rocky intertidal and subtidal.
Depth: 0-10 m.
Revillagigedos Islands.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Benthic microalgae
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Revillagigedo Islands endemic
- All species
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Island (s)
- TEP endemic
- Island (s) only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Vulnerable
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 2.3
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10