Bathygobius ramosus, Panamic frillfin : fisheries, aquarium

Bathygobius ramosus Ginsburg, 1947

Panamic frillfin
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Bathygobius: Greek, bathys = deep + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Ginsburg.

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

Marine; reef-associated. Tropical

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Eastern Pacific: Bahía Magdalena and the Gulf of California in Mexico to northern Peru.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763); 9.5 cm TL (female); common length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Body small; tip of tongue bifurcated; two dorsal fins, the first with 7 flexible spines; scales large and readily visible; tips of uppermost 3 to 5 pectoral rays free; body olive green to brown; flanks with dark spots and/or diffuse (Ref. 55763); pectoral free rays, typically the first and invariably the remaining four, branched at least twice; first dorsal fin distinctly pigmented to distal edge; postorbital dark blotches on oculoscapular groove large, elongate medially; pelvic disc more or less rounded, with large lateral lobes, sometimes attenuate, and disc length about two-thirds to four-fifths abdomen; pectoral rays 19-20 (18-21); scales in lateral series 34-36 (32-38) (Ref. 87607).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits high, sandy-bottom tide pools along rocky coasts (Ref. 5592). Maximum length for female (Ref. 87607).

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Thomson, D.A., 1987. Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez. The rocky-shore fishes of the Gulf of California. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 302 p. (Ref. 5592)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 February 2024

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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