Species: Evermannia longipinnis, Big-headed goby, Enigmatic goby
D fine stripes
Evermannia longipinnis (Steindachner, 1879)
Enigmatic goby, Big-headed goby
Body slender, elongate; head long, depressed; 1 pore between eyes; papillae on cheek and gill cover; top jaw extends well past eye; dorsal fin IV-V (1st spine not elongate in male) + I, 16-17, both fins low, separated by about length of mouth, 1st dorsal with round border, 2nd dorsal long base, straight border; anal 16-17 rays; no flexible skin flap on shoulder in front of base of pectoral fin; tail fin long, rounded; no scales.
Head light brown; body brownish yellow; upper head and body with scattered small brown spots and streaks; dorsal fins finely striped; tail clear or translucent cream with fine curved bars.
Size: 3.8 cm
Habitat: live in holes in intertidal mud and sand.
Depth: 0-3 m.
W and central E Gulf of California.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Estuary
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- 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
- Continent
- TEP endemic
- Cortez province endemic
- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 3
- Length Max
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- 3.8
