Species: Tomicodon boehlkei, Bohlke's clingfish, Cortez clingfish

pectoral 19-20

Tomicodon boehlkei Briggs, 1955
Cortez clingfish, Bohlke's clingfish
Body relatively slender, elongate, head relatively slender (both viewed from above); front nostril with small (usually less than nostril diameter) skin flap; 4 pairs of upper & 3 pairs of lower 3-pointed incisors, followed by usually 1 large canine on top jaw, & 1-2 on lower jaw; anus nearer origin of anal fin than sucker; pectoral 19-20 rays; only a small fleshy swelling at pectoral base; sucker disc with broad patch of papillae at front, no papillae in center, 6-8 rows of papillae across rear section; dorsal 6-8 rays; anal 6-7 rays; tail 8-9 rays.
Top greenish; lower surface very pale, sometimes with dark cross; back with dark wiggly lines, and dark hour-glass shapes across top of body; a large black spot on flank above pectoral base; fins dark grey, with pale bar across middle of tail fin.
Size: 7.5 cm.
Habitat: rocky, wave-swept areas.
Depth: 0-12 m.
Southern Baja and the Gulf of California.

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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- No Data
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Benthic microalgae
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic
- Continent
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 12
- Length Max
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- 7.5