Species: Gunterichthys coheni, Cohen's brotula

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Gunterichthys coheni Moller, Schwarzhans and Nielsen, 2004
Cohen's brotula
Body elongate, compressed, decreasing to slender tail base; head large, deep; snout pointed; eyes small (1.5-2 % of SL); relatively narrow between eyes (< 4.4% of SL); front nostril low on snout, closer to lip than is rear nostril, rear nostril small (~ ¼ eye diameter); top jaw with a knob at its lower rear corner that is before the top rear corner; large pores along lower and upper jaws, and on top of head, pore at top corner of operculum tubular; 3 pores at lower corner of preoperculum; opercular spine weak, covered with skin; front of roof of mouth with 10 strongly depressible teeth, and granular teeth at front; jaws with inner row pointed teeth that become larger towards front, and outer rows of granular teeth; upper part of first gill arch with 3 small knobs and 1 long raker, lower part with 4-5 long rakers and 7-8 small knobs;dorsal fin 74-77 rays, its origin above base of pectoral; anal 53-57 rays; tail fin 14-15 rays; dorsal and anal fins separate from tail; each pelvic fin consists of a filament inserted under gill cover and reaching 2/3 distance to anal fin; scales small, imbedded, covering body; head without scales; lateral line in 3 parts, top part (4 pores) between neck and dorsal fin; center part (15 pores) from above corner of opercle to just before anal fin origin, lower part (21 pores) from behind pectoral to rear end of body; male copulatory organs with a penis and 1 pair of large pseudoclaspers at its base, all covered by a fleshy hood.
Color of preserved fish: Uniform brown.
Depth: intertidal (5-7 m).
Habitat: on mud bottom.
Reaches at least 5.3 cm.
Known only from the shores of Panama Bay, Panama.

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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- 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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- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Live birth
- No pelagic phase
- No pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Panamic province endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent only
- All species
- 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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- 5.3
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10