© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Stromateus stellatus Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Fish SFTEP Links We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. FishBase 1 thumbnail  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features use genus Body ovate, elongate (depth 40% of length), compressed; snout blunt, rounded, longer than eye; mouth small, not reaching to under eye; dorsal and anal fins with long bases, their front lobes only slightly raised; dorsal with VII-VIII weak spines, 40-43 rays, with rearmost rays longest; anal III + 38; pectoral longer than head; pelvic fins under thorax in juvenile, absent in adult; tail deeply forked. Silvery grey-brown, paler below, upper half of body and tail base with numerous pupil-sized round dark spots; dorsal grey, with black margin (wider anteriorly); tail and pectoral dark grey, anal pale grey. Size: to 30 cm. Habitat: pelagic, coastal. Depth: 0-100 m?. Ecuador to central Chile. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ). Depth Range Max: 100 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: pelagic jellyfish/ctenophores; zooplankton; Pelagic crustacea; pelagic fish larvae. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=-2; Southern limit=-9; Western limit=-82; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=7; Longitudinal range=3. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore. FishBase Habitat: Bentho-Pelagic. Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Water column; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove). Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 30 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Peruvian province, primarily; All species. Residency: Vagrant. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Bottom; Bottom; Bottom + water column; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Abbott, J.F., 1899., The marine fishes of Peru., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 51:324-364. Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741. Cuvier, G., 1829., Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Edition 2., Règne Animal (ed. 2), 2:1-532. Hildebrand, S.F., 1946., A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 189:1-530. Horn, M.H., 1973., Systematic Comparison of the Stromateid Fishes Stromateus Brasiliensis Fowler and Stromateus stellatus Cuvier from Coastal South America with a Review of the Genus., Bulletin of British Museum of Natural History, Zoology., :319-339. Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Stromateus&speciesname=stellatus ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Stromateus&speciesname=stellatus http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Stromateus&speciesname=stellatus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Stromateus&speciesname=stellatus https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Stromateus&speciesname=stellatus ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Stromateus-stellatus.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Stromateus Species in    Stromateidae - Classification - Stromateidae Scombriformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Stromateus stellatus Cuvier , 1829 Starry butterfish Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Stromateus stellatus Picture by Carvalho Filho, A. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Stromateidae (Butterfishes) Etymology: Stromateus: Greek, stromatos = a fish flattened body with a lot of colours (Stromateus sp.) (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Cuvier . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 72797 ). Subtropical; 12°S - 47°S Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Southeast Pacific: Peru and Chile. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 25.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27363 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 47-50; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 41 - 44; Vertebrae : 42 - 43. Body blue green dorsally and silvery white ventrally. Margin of fins darker. Small dark blue spots on dorsal side of body (Ref. 27363 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Chirichigno, N. , 1980. Clave para identificar los peces marinos del Peru. IMARPE Informe (44). Instituto del Mar del Peru, Callao, Peru. (Ref. 12 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 02 May 2008 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01549 (0.00812 - 0.02953), b=2.95 (2.78 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.5   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (21 of 100). Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 78.2 [37.9, 185.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.942 [0.441, 1.986] mg/100g; Protein = 15.6 [13.4, 18.2] %; Omega3 = 0.344 [0.184, 0.638] g/100g; Selenium = 38.9 [17.4, 89.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 10.6 [2.6, 43.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.74 [0.46, 1.19] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2579 Updated: 2024-05-23 06:22:24 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation