Species: Parrella ginsburgi, Darkblotch goby, Ginsburg's goby
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Parrella ginsburgi Wade, 1946
Darkblotch goby, Ginsburg's goby
Body slender, compressed; head bluntly pointed, rounded, top and bottom profiles similar, very narrow and grooved between eyes; mouth long (reaching to rear of 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 (spine V reaching origin of second dorsal) + I, 12-13 rays; anal I, 12-13 rays; pectoral fin 20, long, pointed; pelvics fused in disc; tail fin long ( ~45% of SL), rounded or pointed, 10-13 rays; scales mostly smooth, large (30-32 on side); scales on nape midline before dorsal fin to back of head, body scaled behind level of origin of spiny dorsal; entire belly scaled; breast and pectoral base scaleless present only behind pectoral base.
(Preserved fish) Uniform medium brown, paler ventrally; head a little darker than body; a dark blotch at base of tail; membrane of dorsal, tail and pelvic fins darker than body; pectoral light, with dark base; anal light.
Size: 6 cm.
Habitat: nearshore, soft bottoms.
Depth: 1-10 m.
The northern and eastern Gulf of California to 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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Mangrove
- Estuary
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- Continent
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- 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
