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Aruma histrio (Jordan, 1884)

Description

Distinguished by having the following characteristics: head depressed; expanded cheeks; without scales; maximum length reaching 6.3 cm SL (Ref. 92840).

Common Names

  • Slow goby , English , Mexico
  • Slow goby , English , UK
  • Slow goby , English , Global
  • 阿萨鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 阿薩鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Gobio , Spanish , Mexico
  • Gobio lento , Spanish , Mexico
  • Gobio lento , Spanish , Mexico

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Aruma

    Species: Aruma histrio (Jordan, 1884)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California.

    • Biology

    Adults are benthic (Ref. 92840). Found in rocky crevices, from tide pools to at least 14 m depth (Ref. 11482). Larvae usually found around sargassum (Ref. 37955).

    Habitat

    demersal