Species: Daector dowi, Brownback toadfish, Dows' toadfish, Spotted toadfish
LL white stripe
D2 & C: black borders
Daector dowi (Jordan & Gilbert, 1887)
Brownback toadfish, Spotted toadfish, Dows' toadfish
Body elongate, compressed, tapering to rear; head robust, flattened on top; mouth strongly oblique, lower jaw projecting; teeth canine like; operculum with 1 hollow, venomous spine at upper corner; 2 dorsal fins, first of two hollow, venomous spines; dorsal rays II + 29-33 (usually 31); anal rays 28-30 (usually 29); pectoral rays 16-18 (usually 17); soft dorsal and anal long and low, attached to base of tail fin; single lateral line; without light organs; no scales.
Dark brown on upper half of head and body, whitish below; dark upper portion with white vermiculations and prominent white stripe along lateral line; spinous dorsal fin black; outer edge of second dorsal and caudal fin blackish.
Size: to 16 cm.
Inhabits sand or mud bottoms of bays and estuaries.
Depth: 1-60 m.
Costa Rica to northern Peru.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- Estuary
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Bony fishes
- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- No pelagic phase
- Benthic
- No pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continental TEP endemic
- Panamic province endemic
- Continent only
- All species
- TEP endemic
- Continent
- 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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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 16
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 60
