Tubícola gusano (Stathmonotus sinuscalifornici)

Tubícola gusano (Stathmonotus
sinuscalifornici)
N omb res comu n es: Gulf worm blenny (Inglés)
Si n ón i mos: Parastathmonotus sinuscalifornici
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Description 1
Common names: worm-blenny (English), trambollo-gusano (Espanol), tubícola (Espanol)
Stathmonotus sinuscalifornici (Chabanaud, 1942)
Gulf worm-blenny,
Cortez worm-blenny,
California worm-blenny
Elongate, worm-like body; short, bluntly pointed head with large oblique mouth; head swollen and
mouth longer in males; rear edge of preopercle covered with skin; no cirrus on front nostril, flaplike
cirrus over eye, no cirri on nape; dorsal fin XXXX-XXXXVI, 0; anal rays II, 22-26; pectoral rays 7-9.
Color highly variable, white, green, yellow, brown, or black, usually with series of white bars on dorsal
fin; green or yellow variety often with one or more longitudinal rows of black spots on side.
Maximum size, 6.5 cm.
Habitat: occurs in weedy areas along rocky shores.
Depth: 0-5 m.
Southern Baja to the central Gulf of California.
Range description 2,3
This species is endemic to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, and is found from southern Baja California to the
central Gulf of California, Mexico.
Size 1
Length max (cm): 6.5 (S)
Size 4
Maximum size: 65 mm NG
I dnature guides 5
Identification key for shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific
Habitat and ecology 2,3
Hab i tat an d Ecol ogy
This demersal species inhabits rocky coasts and tidepools with abundant macroalgae in shallow waters
to 5 m.
Systems
Marine
Feeding 1
Feeding Group: Carnivore
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs), mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
Reproduction 1
Egg Type: Benthic, Pelagic larva
Iucn red list assessment 2,3
R ed Li st Category
LC
Least Concern
R ed Li st Cri teri a
Versi on
3.1
Year Assessed
2010
Assessor/s
Dominici-Arosemena, A., Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P.
R evi ewer/s
Collen, B., Richman, N., Beresford, A., Chenery, A. & Ram, M.
Con tri b u tor/s
De Silva, R., Milligan, H., Lutz, M., Batchelor, A., Jopling, B., Kemp, K., Lewis, S., Lintott, P., Sears, J., Wilson,
P., Smith, J. & Livingston, F.
Ju sti fi cati on
This species is widespread in the Gulf of California and prefers shallow-water habitat abundant with
macro-algae. No major threats to this species are currently known. It is listed as Least Concern.
Conservation status 1
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed
CITES: Not listed
Population 2,3
Pop u l ati on
There is no population information available for this species.
Pop u l ati on Tren d
Unknown
Threats 2,3
M aj or Th reats
There are no known major threats impacting this species and no reported significant population
declines.
Conservation actions 2,3
Con servati on Acti on s
This species is recorded from several marine protected areas (WDPA 2006), including Bahia de Loreto
National Park, Parque Nacional Bahia de Loreto, and Cabo Pulmo National Park.
References
1. © Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific online information system. www.stri.org/sftep, some
rights reserved
2. Dominici-Arosemena, A., Espinosa, H. & Hastings, P. 2010. Stathmonotus sinuscalifornici . In: IUCN
2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <www.iucnredlist.org>
3. © International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved
4. © FishWise Professional, some rights reserved
5. © Discover Life and original sources, some rights reserved