Species: Chaenomugil proboscideus, Snouted mullet
~ flat between eyes
no fatty eyelid
lower lip folded down
Chaenomugil proboscideus (Günther, 1861)
Snouted mullet
Body relatively deep, compressed; head pointed, ~ flat between eyes; eyes without transparent fatty eyelid; bone below front of eye with serrated lower margin; mouth short, very oblique, opens at front; top and bottom lips thick and fleshy, a band of soft pavement-like papillae on each lip, lower lip folded down; without fleshy knob at tip of lower lips; jaw teeth in bands, outer edges of lips with teeth; teeth small, slender, with forked, curved tips and long stems; two short, widely spaced dorsal fins, 1st with IV slender spines, 2nd I, 8; anal fin III, 10; pectorals high on body, 1st ray hard, fin about 80% of head length; pelvics inserted behind pectoral base; weakly forked tail; 42-44 lateral scales; second dorsal and anal fins densely scaled; no lateral line.
Greenish or olive on back, silvery on sides, and white below; faint brownish stripes corresponding with scale rows on side.
Size: grows to 22 cm.
Habitat: occurs along rocky shorelines, also in tide pools.
Depth: 0-10 m.
Southern Baja to the central Gulf of California to Peru, and all the offshore islands except Malpelo.
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- Salinity
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- Freshwater
- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom + water column
- Bottom
- Near Surface
- Near Bottom
- Surface
- Mid Water
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Rocks
- Freshwater
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Herbivore
- Detritivore
- Diet
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- Detritus
- Data
- Benthic microalgae
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic
- 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 + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- Continent
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 22
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
