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Aboma etheostoma  Jordan & Starks, 1895

Scaly boy
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Aboma: Surinamese, aboma, name for a serpent (watra aboma = Eunectes murinus).   More on author: Jordan, Starks.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; demersal.   Tropical, preferred ?

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Eastern Central Pacific: southern Mexico to Panama.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 92840)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Distinguished by having the following characteristics: large eyes; small mouth; ctenoid scales on body; 4 modified basicaudal scales on caudal peduncle; VII spines in first dorsal fin, first 2 of which may be elongate in males; mottled, light brown pigment on body; maximally reaching 3.4 cm SL (Ref. 92840).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits shallow intertidal areas with sandy/mud substrate (Ref. 92840).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Rüber, L., J.L. Van Tassell and R. Zardoyal, 2003. Rapid speciation and ecological divergence in the American seven-spined gobies (Gobiidae, Gobiosomatini) inferred from a molecular phylogeny. Evolution 57(7):1584-1598. (Ref. 51797)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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