Species: Parrella lucretiae, Lucretia's goby, Maculated goby
wide between eyes
D2 I, 9-12
flank: 6 diffuse bars
A & lower C: white borders
Parrella lucretiae (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
Maculated goby, Lucretia's goby
Body slender, compressed; head depressed, wide between eyes; mouth long (reaching to 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 (spines not reaching origin of second dorsal) + I, 9-12 rays; anal I, 11-12 rays; pectoral fin 17, long, pointed; pelvics fused in disc; tail fin long (about 43% of SL), bluntly pointed, 10-13 rays; scales mostly rough, large (28-34 on side); body scaled behind level of origin of spiny dorsal; head scaleless.
Head and back brown, whitish on sides; operculum with a dark blotch; scales of body with narrow blackish margins; 4-6 diffuse blackish bars on side and large diffuse blackish spot at base of caudal fin; a large prominent black spot on upper half of pectoral fin base; 1st dorsal with dark base, yellow central stripe, a black spot at rear above yellow stripe; 2nd dorsal with dark base, yellow central stripe, pale edge; lower margin of tail and anal fins white.
Size: to at least 7 cm.
Inhabits shallow bays and estuaries.
Depth: 1-10 m.
El Salvador to Panama.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- 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 only
- Mangrove
- Estuary
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- TEP endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- Panamic province endemic
- Continent
- Continent only
- 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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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 7
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
