| Family: |
Opistognathidae (Jawfishes) |
| Max. size: |
5.4 cm SL (male/unsexed); 4.32 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 20 - 82 m |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Pacific: upper Gulf of California and Pacific coast of Costa Rica. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 11-11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-13; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 12-12; Vertebrae: 26-26. This small (3.9-5.4 cm SL), slender species possess the following combination of characters: dark speckling on head and body; dusky dorsal and anal fins, several black blotches on dorsal fin; short maxilla (0.5-0.9 eye diameters beyond orbit), truncate; long and slender teeth; D 13, A III; 49-57 oblique scale rows in longitudinal series; 28(29)-31 pores in lateral line series; gill rakers on lower limb of first arch 15 (17)-18; anterior nostril with a short tube without cirrus; 16 caudal vertebrae 16 (Ref. 75633). |
| Biology: |
Collected by otter trawls and dredge. Female specimens at 3.85 and 4.32 cm SL are gravid (Ref. 75633). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 24 May 2007 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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