Species: Aboma etheostoma, Scaly goby, Spot-lined goby
D2 rows black spot
Aboma etheostoma (Jordan & Starks in Jordan, 1895)
Scaly goby, Spot-lined goby
Head and body slender; head elongate, snout pointed; eye large (~ snout length); narrow between eyes (< ½ eye diameter); mouth small; males with large canines in outer row of teeth on side of lower jaw; no teeth on sides of roof of mouth; tongue round to blunt; head without barbels; front nostril tubular, rear with raised rim; preopercle with 2-3 pores; dorsal fin VII (large males - 1st spine long, ribbon-like, reaching to middle of soft dorsal) + I, 11-12; anal fin I, 10-12 rays; pectoral 16-19 rays, longer than pelvic; pelvics fused in disc; body scaled rearward of line under 2nd dorsal spine to upper pectoral base & from lower pectoral base to anus; scales rough, large, 26-30 lateral rows; 4 large, very rough scales on base of tail fin.
Tan to grey brown; lower part of head with scattered black dots, 2 prominent spots behind eye, 2 oblique bars from eye to under rear end of lower jaw; 4-6 rows of dark spots forming narrow dark stripes along body; 1st dorsal with 2 thick dark stripes; 2nd dorsal with 3 rows of dark spots; anal dusky, darker at edge; pectoral base with a dark curved bar; pelvics dusky; tail fin with 5-6 dark chevron bars.
Size: 3.6 cm.
Habitat: shallow estuaries.
Depth: 0-10 m.
Lower Gulf of California to northern Peru.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Non Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Estuary
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Continent only
- Continent
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- 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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- 3.6
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
