Species: Paraclinus magdalenae, Magdalena blenny
C base -bar
pelvic rays 3&2 fused
nape & pectoral base scaled
Paraclinus magdalenae Rosenblatt & Parr, 1969
Magdalena blenny
Elongate, snout bluntly pointed; flat cirrus on nostril, eye and nape cirri palm-like (about 7 branches), eye cirrus larger; opercle with a distinct flat, bluntly triangular, spiny projection; dorsal fin XXVIII, 1, 1st spine moderately long, front 3 spines elevated then a deep notch before 4th spine; anal II, 19-20; pectoral 13; pelvic I, 3, 3rd soft ray small (< ½ 2nd) and partly fused to 2nd; all fin rays unbranched; lateral line scales 35-36; scales on nape but not on head; belly fully scaled; 2-3 irregular scale rows on base of pectoral; no skin flaps on scales.
(Preserved fish) Light brown, with bars or blotches; body with 5 irregular dark bars and a dark spot on upper rear of operculum; belly light; head mottled; lips and underside of head mottled; a row of dark spots along rear edge of preoperculum; an irregular bar down and back from eye; eye and nape cirri pale; pectoral, pelvic and tail fins with rays banded but membranes clear; tail fin with dark bar at base; anal fin with 5-6 distinct bars, dorsal fin with 6-7; a large ocellus between dorsal spines 22-25.
Size: 4.4cm.
Habitat: rocky bottom.
Depth: 8-21 m.
Known only from around the mouth of Magdalena Bay, southern Baja.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- 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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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Rocks
- Reef only
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- 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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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continental TEP endemic
- All species
- TEP endemic
- Cortez province endemic
- Continent only
- 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
- Endangered
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 4.4
- Depth Range Min
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- 8
- Depth Range Max
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- 21
