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Conodon macrops Hildebrand, 1946
LEMONEYE GRUNT
Lemon-eye grunt

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Conodon macrops
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Conodon macrops
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Overview
Main identification features
  • 7 scales above ll
  • dark-silver
  • snout = eye
  • a: 2nd spine little greater than 3rd
Elongate, compressed; head and body entirely scaly; chin with two pores at front, 2 more in hole behind them; outer row of teeth on both jaws larger, canines; dorsal fin deeply notched; eye large, ~same length as snout; mouth ends under front edge of eye; preopercle border concave, strongly serrated, teeth at lower border pointing forwards, angle of preopercle with 1 large spine above 2 spines pointing down and back; pectoral fins relatively long, reach past tip of pelvics; dorsal XII, 12; anal III,7, 2nd spine only slightly longer than 3rd; 50 lateral line scales, 7 rows of scales between lateral line and dorsal fin origin.

Body and head silvery grey; faint bars on sides extend below to level of pectoral; spinous dorsal dark grey, all other fins yellowish-grey.

Size: 30 cm.

Habitat: coastal, over soft bottoms.

Depth: 5-40 m?.

Colombia to Peru.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 40 m.
Depth Range Min: 5 m.
Diet: octopus/squid/cuttlefish; octopus/squid/cuttlefish; zooplankton; bony fishes; Pelagic crustacea; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=5; Southern limit=-9; Western limit=-82; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=14; Longitudinal range=4.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Bentho-Pelagic.
Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Mud; Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 30 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Peruvian province, primarily; Continent only; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Bottom; Bottom; Bottom + water column;


Names
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References
  • Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741.
  • Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
  • Hildebrand, S.F., 1946., A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 189:1-530.
  • Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
  • Rubio, E.A., 1988., Estudio taxonomico de la ictiofauna acompañante del camaron en areas costeras del Pacifico de Colombia., Memorias del VI Seminario Nacional de las Ciencias del Mar. Comisión Colombiana de Oceanografía. Bogota, Colombia., :169-183.

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