Species: Chriolepis species A, Wavy barred goby
eyes on top, together
male uniforme
Chriolepis species A
Wavy barred goby
Body robust; head broad, plump, rounded; eyes raised on top of head, close together; head without pores; papillae on most parts of head and nape; front nostril larger than rear nostril, front one a narrow tube, rear one lower and wider; mouth slightly oblique, lower jaw slightly projecting, top jaw not reaching under mid-pupil; tongue broad, front straight; gill rakers short, 8-9; dorsal fin VII (none elongated) + I, 10 (10-11); I, 10 (9-10) anal fin rays, pectoral fins long, reaching past anus, with 15-17 (usually 16); pelvic fins completely separate, with branched rays, long (reaching past anus, sometimes to anal fin); tail fin rounded; scales on almost all of body, 24-29 rows, large and rough on base of tail, smaller and smooth at front of body.
Color (preserved fish): light brown to yellowish. Female: body with 6-7 dark bars that have darker wavy edges that reach onto dorsal fin; two bars across top of head; 3 lines radiate from eye - up to rear, down to rear, straight down; a thin dark margin to anal fin; pelvics and pectorals clear; tail with 7-9 distinct very thin dark bars, ones on base of fin are crescent shaped. Male: uniform, without any of bars or dark anal margin.
Size: reaches 2.4 cm.
Habitat: cobble and sand bottom.
Depth: 13-35 m.
Known only from the western 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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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Rocks
- Reef and soft bottom
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- 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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- Continent only
- Cortez province endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent
- All species
- TEP endemic
- 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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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 13
- Depth Range Max
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- 35
- Length Max
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- 2.4
