Species: Microgobius cyclolepis, Round-scale goby

both sexes: short D spines
D2 margin orange

Microgobius cyclolepis Gilbert, 1890
Round-scale goby
Head and body compressed; fleshy nape crest well developed in females, poorly developed in males; 2-3 pores on preopercle; mouth large, nearly vertical; tip of tongue divided; dorsal fin VII (spines II-VI produced to form short filaments in both sexes) + I, 14-16 rays; anal I, 15-16 rays; pectoral fin 22-24 rays; tail fin long, oval or pointed (in males); pelvics fused to form disc; midlateral scales 46-55; scales smooth, except patch of rough scales beneath and behind pectoral fin; head, nape, breast, belly, and base of pectoral fin scaleless.
Pale tan with cream-colored belly; an ovoid dark spot with bluish posterior border below origin of first dorsal fin; first dorsal fin with broad inner band of blue, margin speckled with blue; second dorsal fin with oblique inner blue band, central bands of blue and orange and an orange margin; tail fin with inner orange spots, upper margin orange; anal and pelvic fins blue-white; pectoral clear.
Size: grows to 7 cm.
Inhabits flat sand bottoms.
Depth: 2-36 m.
Southern Baja and the eastern Gulf of California to Colombia.

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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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- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Pelagic fish eggs
- No Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- All species
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continent
- 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)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 7
- Depth Range Min
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- 2
- Depth Range Max
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- 36