Species: Ctenogobius manglicola, Mangrove goby
Ctenogobius manglicola (Jordan & Starks in Jordan, 1895)
Mangrove goby
Elongate, compressed body; head short, depressed, cheeks bulbous; snout blunt; eyes large, towards front, narrow between them; 2 pores behind eye, last one on preopercle, 2 between eyes, 2 between each pair of nostrils; mouth horizontal, large, slightly underneath snout; teeth in fine bands, 3-4 large canines on sides of top jaw, several including a pair of large tusks at front of lower jaws; no gill rakers on upper first gill arch, one triangular raker at the angle of the arch and 3-4 triangular rakers on the lower arch; dorsal fin VI + I, 12 (rarely 11 or 13); I, 13 (rarely 12 or 14) anal rays; 1 more ray on 2nd dorsal fin than anal fin; pelvics fused to form disc; tail fin long and pointed; body with rough scales, 28 -33 in lateral series, head scaleless.
Olivaceous with dark mottling above; 2 dark streaks from eye down along snout; dark stripe on cheek connects to dark blotch at corner of mouth; ~ 5 oblong blotches along mid flank, last on tail base has dark spot above and below; dorsal fins and tail fin finely checked and marked with dark orange-brown and black; tail fin with upper and lower orange stripes; 5th dorsal spine of male has large black spot; pelvic blackish, with whitish margin.
Size: 4 cm.
Habitat: mangroves.
Depth: 0-5 m.
Central Gulf of California to Peru.
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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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- Mud
- 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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- No Data
- Herbivore
- Diet
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- Benthic microalgae
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Continent only
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
- Length Max
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- 4
