Species: Gobiosoma chiquita, Sonora goby
flank: row 8-10 dark spots
Gobiosoma chiquita (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)
Sonora goby
Body robust; head rounded, broader than deep; snout blunt; mandibular papilla rows parallel; no teeth on sides of roof of mouth; tongue round to blunt; head without barbells; front nostril tubular, rear with raised rim; dorsal fin VII (first 2 dorsal spines of males typically prolonged) + I, 10 (9-11) rays; anal I, 9 (8-10) rays; pectoral rays 18-21 (usually 19-20); pelvics fused in disc; body scales large, rough, scales of middle of side extending forward from caudal fin base to pectoral fin axil, dorsally the scales extending forward to level between base of 4th-6th dorsal spines; head scaleless.
Brown to grey with small white spots on cheek, operculum, and body and tail fin; a series of diffuse white bars (sometimes fragmented) on side of body; 8-10 small blackish spots along middle of side; a blackish patch just behind cheek; dorsal fins and especially caudal fin with small white spots.
Size: grows to 7.5 cm.
Habitat: common on sand bottoms of tide pools and rocky reefs.
Depth: to 10 m.
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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Reef and soft bottom
- Rocks
- Sand & gravel
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- 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
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Cortez province endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- 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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- 7.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
