Species: Microgobius urraca, Dark-finned sand goby
lateral scales 67-76
no rough scales under pectoral
Microgobius urraca
Dark-finned sand goby
Head and body compressed; no obvious fleshy crest on nape; eye small (22.3% of SL); 2-3 pores on preopercle; mouth large, strongly oblique; tip of tongue divided; dorsal fin VII (none elongate) + I, 14 rays; anal I, 14 rays; pectoral 21-22; tail fin long, oval, pointed; pelvics fused to form disc joined across the front by a smooth ridge; scales small, 67-76 along side, smooth; body scaled from rear forward to tip of depressed pectoral fin, rest of body & head scaleless; no patch of rough scales beneath pectoral fin.
Head and body greyish, with a series of faint pale bars on front part of body; dorsal, and anal fins darker grey; 1st dorsal fin with a dark, oval blotch; tail fin dark, with two central blue-white stripes and another above those, a blue white stripe along center of 2nd dorsal fin.
Size: reaches at least 9.5 cm.
Habitat - sand and gravel.
Depth range 12-20m.
Known only from the Gulf of Chiriqui and the Azuero Peninsula of Panama.
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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 only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Pelagic fish eggs
- No Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- TEP endemic
- Panamic province endemic
- All species
- Continent
- Continental TEP 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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- 9.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 10
- Depth Range Max
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- 20
