Species: Tomicodon myersi, Blackstripe clingfish, Myers' clingfish
4 lines down from eye
pectoral 20-21
over belly - pale stripe with 2 ventral extensions
Tomicodon myersi Briggs, 1955
Blackstripe clingfish, Myers' clingfish
Body relatively slender, elongate, head relatively slender (both viewed from above); front nostril with small (slightly > nostril diameter) skin flap; 4 pairs of upper & 3 pairs of lower 3-pointed incisors, followed by 1-2 & 1 large canines, respectively, on each side; anus much closer to anal fin origin than to rear margin of disc; pectoral 20-21 rays; only a small fleshy swelling at pectoral base; sucker disc with broad patch of papillae at front, papillae on inner row of front section at least twice as long as others, no papillae in center, 5-7 rows of papillae across rear section; dorsal 6-8 rays; anal 5-8 rays; tail 7-8 rays.
Upper head & body pale grey with scattered white speckles; several wiggly transverse dark lines across top of head behind eyes; sides of head pale grey; 4 thin bars from eye - 2 below and 2 behind; an irregular white band along back at eye level, with 2 wide extensions down onto flank behind of pectoral; midflank with an irregular dark stripe plus blotches; dorsal with a dark margin; inner 2/3 of tail fin dark; no dark spot on flank above pectoral fin.
Size: 2.6 cm.
Habitat: intertidal rock pools and subtidal boulders.
Depth: 0-7 m.
Central Gulf of California to Colombia.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 2.6
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 7
