Species: Evorthodus minutus, Red-fin goby, Small goby
Evorthodus minutus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
Small goby, Red-fin goby
Body elongate, compressed; head short, compressed, snout profile steeply rounded; 2 pores between eyes; 1 pore behind eye and 1 on preopercle; short mouth overhung by snout, reaches to ~ middle of eye; teeth with flattened, forked tips, in single row on side of each jaw, adults with 4-6 teeth in second row at front of top jaw; dorsal fin V-VI (elongate in male) + I, 11-12 rays; anal fin I, 11-12 rays; pelvics fused in disc that is not fused to belly; pectoral round, reaches beyond tip of pelvic; tail fin short, round; scales large (28-32 rows on body), rough at rear of body, smooth at front, present on sides of head, 28-30 in lateral series.
Grey-brown, head darker, rear body red-brown; sides with irregular dark blotches forming bars; tail fin base with 2 dark spots; spiny dorsal with round dark spot at base and longest spines with black tips; soft dorsal red, with black stripes; anal fin red; tail clear of faintly barred.
Size: to 3.6 cm.
Habitat: intertidal on mud bottoms, enter freshwater.
Depth: 0-5 m.
The SE Gulf of California to Ecuador.
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- Salinity
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- Freshwater
- 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 only
- Freshwater
- Mud
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- 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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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continental TEP endemic
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- All species
- Continent only
- TEP endemic
- 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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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 3.6
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
