Species: Chriolepis cuneata, Rail goby, Wedge goby
Chriolepis cuneata Bussing, 1990
Rail goby, Wedge goby
Body compressed; head broad, somewhat flattened, upper profile convex, lower profile straight; head without pores; papillae on most parts of head and nape; front nostril larger than rear nostril, both tubular; mouth slightly oblique, lower jaw slightly projecting; tongue broad, round; dorsal fin VII (none filamentous) + I, 10 (9-10); I, 9 (8-9) anal fin rays, pectoral 19 (18-20) rays; pelvic fins completely separate, with branched rays; tail pointed; body scaled from level of origin soft dorsal rearwards, in 14-18 lateral rows, smooth at front, becoming larger and rough at rear, 4 very large rough scales at base of tail fin.
White; 2 narrow dark brown bars on nape, 5 more on body, 2 more down from eye (1 vertical, 1 oblique across operculum); upper half of pectoral with curved brown blotch; base of tail fin with dark crescent.
Size: 3.1 cm.
Habitat: rubble bottoms.
Depth: 0-32 m.
The SW Gulf of California to Panama.
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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 only
- Bottom
- 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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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- Continental TEP endemic
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continent
- TEP endemic
- All species
- 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)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3.1
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 32
