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Opisthonema berlangai |
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Main identification features
- body depth ~30 percentsl
- d: filament not reaching tail
- yellow stripe behind opercle
- lower gill rakers: 50-87
- pectoral not to dorsal fin origin
Body relatively slender, its depth ~30% of standard length; top jaw without notch at front; mouth terminal; teeth small, conical; 2 bones above rear half of top jawbone; 50-87 rakers on central segment of first gill arch; dorsal at about midpoint of body, last ray long and filamentous but not reaching tail fin; pectoral short, not reaching under dorsal fin; anal fin short, origin well behind dorsal fin; 8 pelvic rays; belly scutes before and behind pelvics.
Silver; a yellow stripe along upper flank from operculum to tail base. Following colors may also develop: a dark spot immediately behind upper operculum; 1-2 dark spots on top of back under dorsal fin; 1-3 irregular rows of dark spots along upper back; several stripes along upper back.
Size: 34 cm.
Habitat: coastal pelagic.
Depth: 0-10 m?.
Endemic to the Galapagos Islands.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs; zooplankton.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=2; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-90; Latitudinal range=4; Longitudinal range=3.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 34 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s) only; Island (s); TEP endemic; TEP oceanic island (s) endemic; Galapagos Islands endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Brackish; Freshwater.
Water Column Position: Near Surface; Surface; Water column only;
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- Berry , and Barret,., 1963., Gillraker analysis and speciation in the thread herring genus *Opisthonema*., Bull. Inter-Amer. Tuna Comm., 7:113-190.
- Molina, L., Danulat, E., Oviedo, M., González, J.A., 2004., Guía de especies de interés pesquero en la Reserva Marina de Galápagos., Fundación Charles Darwin / Agencia Espeñola de Cooperación Internacional / Dirección Parque Nacional Galápagos, 115pp.
- Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985., Clupeoid fishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolf-herrings. Part 1. Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7., FAO Fish. Synop. No 125, 125(1):1-303.
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