Species: Chriolepis zebra, Gecko goby


Chriolepis zebra Ginsburg, 1938
Gecko goby
Body elongate; head flattened; eyes large, close together on top of head; head without pores; papillae on most parts of head and nape; front nostril larger than rear nostril, both are long tubes; mouth slightly oblique, lower jaw slightly projecting; tongue broad, tip deeply indented; dorsal fin VII (none elongated) + I, 9-10; I, 8-9 anal fin rays, pectoral fins 17-19, fin short; pelvic fins completely separate, with branched rays; tail fin broadly rounded; scales present only on posterior half of body, anterior scales small, smooth, and embedded, becoming larger and rough posteriorly; four rough scales on caudal fin base, the upper and lower with excessively long edge-teeth.
White with 8-9 dark brown, pale-centered bars on body + head and 3 brown bands radiating from eye; caudal fin with about 5 brown cross bars, including one at base.
Size: attains 4.4 cm.
Inhabits sand and rubble among rocks.
Depth: 2-30 m.
The Gulf of California.

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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)
- Reef and soft bottom
- Rocks
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- 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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- No data
- Benthic
- 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
- Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic
- All species
- TEP endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- 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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- 4.4
- Depth Range Min
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- 2
- Depth Range Max
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- 30