Lepidogobius lepidus
Bay Goby
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Gobiidae (Gobies)
Lepidogobius
Lepidogobius lepidus (Bay Goby)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated. Caudal ovally rounded, large.
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Welcome Harbor, northern British Columbia, Canada to Isla Cedros, central Baja California, Mexico.
Habitat Associations
Marine. demersal. depth range 0-201 m.
Biology
Found mostly on mud bottom; from intertidal to 201 m depth. Oviparous (Ref. 56079). Eggs are found attached to the walls of burrows (Ref. 56079).
Max length: 10.0 cm TL; max age: 7 years.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external. Oviparous (Ref. 56079).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2024-02-15. Resilience: Medium (K=0.13; tmax=7).
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.
Hart, J.L. (1973) Pacific fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 180:740 p.
Watson, W. (1996) Gobiidae: gobies. p. 1214-1245. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current Region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. 1505 p.
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