Gillichthys seta, Shortjaw mudsucker

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Gillichthys seta (Ginsburg, 1938)

Shortjaw mudsucker
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Gillichthys: Theodore Nicolas Gill (1837-1914) researcher of abyssal fishes and systematics + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Ginsburg.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal. Subtropical

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Eastern Central Pacific: known from the type locality, Puerto Refugio, Isla Angel de la Guarda, Gulf of California.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in high intertidal pools and tidal rivulets of rocky and sandy shores (Ref. 90849).

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Swift, C.C., L.T. Findley, R.A. Ellingson, K.W. Flessa and D.K. Jacobs, 2011. The Delta Mudsucker, Gillichthys detrusus, a valid species (Teleostei: Gobiidae) endemic to the Colorado River Delta, Northernmost Gulf of California, Mexico. Copeia 1:93-102. (Ref. 90849)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Vulnerable (VU) (B2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 22 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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