Ctenogobius sagittula
Longtail Goby
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Ctenogobius
Ctenogobius sagittula (Longtail Goby)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated.
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: San Diego Bay, California, USA (Ref. 2850) to Peru.
Habitat Associations
Brackish, marine. demersal.
Biology
Inhabits shallow sand or mud bottoms of bays and estuaries. An intertidal species that actively shuttles back and forth between rock pools and air (Ref. 31184). For food ingestion it leaves the home pool during low tides, takes a mouth full of mud and returns to its pool where it washes out the mud through its gill membrane and swallows particles which are sieved by the gill rakers (Ref. 92840). Breathes air when out of water (Ref. 31184).
Max length: 20.0 cm TL.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2024-02-14. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983) A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p.
Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson (1994) Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p.
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