Species: Parrella fusca, Dark goby
wide between eyes
flank- 4 dark bars
Parrella fusca Ginsburg, 1939
Dark goby
Body slender, compressed; head flattened, wide between eyes; mouth long (reaching under mid-eye) oblique at front, horizontal at rear; tip of tongue forked; teeth in bands, without canines; well developed pores and papillae on head; 1st dorsal VII (longest spine not reaching origin of second dorsal) + I, 13 rays; anal I, 13 rays; pectoral fin 20, long, pointed; pelvics fused in disc; tail fin long (about ½ SL), rounded or pointed, 10-13 rays; scales mostly smooth, large (28-38 on side), present only behind pectoral base.
Dark brown with pale mottling, paler ventrally; flank with 4 dark bars; a dark spot on the lower half of the base of the pectoral fin; tail fin base without dark spot.
Size: 6 cm.
Habitat: soft bottoms.
Depth: 1-10 m.
Gulf of Panama.
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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 only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- 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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- Continent only
- TEP endemic
- Panamic province endemic
- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- 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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- 6
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
