
Finescale Sleeper
Gobiomorus polylepis Ginsburg, 1953
Also calledGuavina-camaleão (por) · guavina cristalina (spa)
First described in: Ginsburg, I. (1953). Ten new American gobioid fishes in the United States National Museum, including additions to a revision of Gobionellus. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 43 (1): 18-26.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
Gobiomorus polylepis Ginsburg 1953
Gobiomorus polylepis Ginsburg 1953 . Finescale Sleeper; Guavina del Pacífico, Bocón, Guavina Bocóna, Dormilón de Escamas Finas, Dormilón Manchado Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from central Mexico to southern Costa Rica; entering estuaries and ascending river courses; (Nicaragua) ER, PN and Ni (Pacific); 0–45 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; DD (2019), population trend unknown. Literature: Bussing (1998: 424; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 35; listed, including information on distribution).
Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families
discussion
References: Bussing (1987: 251; 1998: 424; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo et al. (2013: 1007; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data).
New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist
distribution
Distribution: Global: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from central Mexico to southern Costa Rica; entering estuaries and ascending river courses; Costa Rica: Ni and Pi (Pacific), 2 – 15 m. a. s. l., Per, Dia.
New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist
vernacular_names
Finescale Sleeper; Guavina del Pacífico, Bocón, Guavina Bocóna, Dormilón de Escamas Finas, Dormilón Manchado.
New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2386049.



