Species: Parrella maxillaris, Double-striped goby
eyes close
pectoral 19-20
Parrella maxillaris Ginsburg, 1938
Double-striped goby
Body slender, compressed; head rounded; eyes close together; mouth long (reaching past 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 reaching origin of second dorsal) + I, 10-11 rays; anal I, 10-11 rays; pectoral fin 19-20, long, pointed; pelvics fused in disc; tail fin long (about 40% of SL), bluntly pointed, 10-13 rays; scales mostly rough, large (32 on side); body scaled behind level of origin of spiny dorsal; head, nape and belly scaleless.
Whitish grading to brown on upper part of back and head; a pair of narrow brown stripes originating on upper pectoral base and extending to middle of side below origin of second dorsal fin, the upper stripe continuing farther posteriorly; middle of side with 4-5 brown blotches and black crescent-shaped spot at base of tail fin; upper margin of tail fin white.
Size: grows to at least 5 cm.
Inhabits flat sand bottoms.
Depth: 8-40 m.
SE Gulf of California to Panama.
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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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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic worms
- No Data
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- 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
- TEP endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- 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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- 5
- Depth Range Min
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- 8
- Depth Range Max
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- 40
