Species: Gobiosoma species A, Short gill-raker goby
Gobiosoma species A
Short gill-raker goby
Head ~round; mouth oblique; snout blunt, sloping abruptly down at front; narrow (< ½ eye diameter) between eyes; tongue tip blunt; no barbels on head; gill rakers short; dorsal fin VII (none elongate) + I, 10-11 (usually 11) rays; 9-11 (usually 10) anal rays; 14-17 (usually 16-17) pectoral rays; pelvics fused in disc; male genital papilla slender, pointed; body completely scaled behind a line under rear 1/3 of soft dorsal, with a triangular extension of scales forwards along mid-flank to pectoral base; scales large, rough, in 26-31 longitudinal rows; 5-6 large, very rough scales on base of tail fin.
Head and body caramel brown; female uniform body and fins, entire head and body densely speckled with black dots; male darker, especially on head, plus 6-8 narrow dark bars on flank, fins dusky.
Size: 5.0 cm.
Habitat: estuaries, mud bottom.
Depth: 1-10 m.
The Gulf of Panama.
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- Salinity
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- Non Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- 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
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- No Data
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- All species
- Continent
- Continent only
- Panamic province endemic
- 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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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
