Species: Microdesmus hildebrandi, Dark-tailed worm-goby

eye tiny, high

pectoral 10
Microdesmus hildebrandi Reid, 1936
Dark-tailed worm-goby
Slender, wormlike, body height 5% of SL; tail (without fin) 61% of TL; eyes tiny, high on side of head, skin covered; front nostril a tiny pore in folds near mouth, rear nostril a hole above and before eye; lower jaw strongly projecting, with angular tip; lips fleshy, with pronounced flanges on sides; snout blunt and square; snout and entire lower jaw with pronounced longitudinal folds; teeth in 2 irregular rows; gill opening large (not tubular), longer than base of pectoral; dorsal fin spines evenly spaced, 55 elements, origin over tip of pressed-down pectoral; anal II, 36; pectoral 10 rays, fin long; pelvics I, 3, shorter than pectorals; tail fin pointed; dorsal and anal fins confluent with tail fin; scales small, non-overlapping well separated; body and head scaled except for lower jaws and snout, in oblique rows at bases of dorsal and anal fins; scales with 24 radiating ridges.
Body olive; fins plain, translucent; tail dark brown.
Size: 11 cm.
Habitat: rocky shores.
Depth: 0-10 m?
Known only from Panama.

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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Non Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Estuary
- 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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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Panamic province endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent only
- TEP endemic
- Continent
- 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
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 11
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10