Species: Ogilbia nudiceps, Naked brotula

A 49-56

Ogilbia nudiceps Moller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2005
Naked brotula
Body elongate but moderately deep and compressed; snout rounded; eye small (~ 1.9% of SL), narrow between eyes; mouth small; top jaw bone expanded vertically at rear; rear 3 pores on lower jaw large (> rear nostril); a sharp spine on opercle that has 1 tip; preopercle with 3 pores at lower rear corner, upper part with a pore; gill rakers 13-16, 2-4 long rakers in angle of arch; origin of dorsal fin at level of middle of pectoral fins; pelvic fins inserted below rear part of head; dorsal rays 63-72; anal rays 49-56; origin of anal fin under dorsal rays 19-23; pectoral rays 18-20; tail fin rays 14-16; lateral line indistinct, continuous, complete; body covered with relatively small, scarce overlapping scales; cheek and belly without scales; penis broad, curved, pointed; 2 pairs of moderately large pseudoclaspers associated with penis, outer pair broad, wing shaped, slightly expanded at tip, inner pair with 2 branches, front one bending forwards, rear one bending backwards, with a fleshy lobe in between.
Preserved fish pale brown
Size: reaches 8.3 cm.
Inhabits shallow reefs.
Depth: 0-30 m.
Known only from the Gulf of California.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- 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)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- No pelagic larva
- Live birth
- No pelagic phase
- 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
- Continent only
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- Cortez province endemic
- 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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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 8.3
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 30