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Main identification features
- elongate;snout greater than eye
- dorsal and anal finsfront low
- vertebrae: 30-31
Elongate, shallow to moderately deep body; dorsal rays III, 41-48 (usually 43-47); anal rays III, 35-44 (usually 38); pectoral rays 19-23, usually 21; pelvic fins absent; tail fin strongly forked; 23-26 gill rakers on first arch; snout longer than eye diameter; dorsal fin slightly raised at front, highest at about 5th ray; anal also higher at front but its height <1/2 that of dorsal; high point of dorsal and anal fin is angular, with only slightly elongated rays; 30-31 vertebrae.
Irridescent blue-green above, silvery belowwhite to bluish on back.
Size: attains 36cm.
Inhabits sand bottoms of exposed coasts.
Depth: 9-91 m.
British Columbia to southern Baja and the west and northeast of the Gulf of California.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap).
Depth Range Max: 91 m.
Depth Range Min: 9 m.
Diet: zooplankton; bony fishes; pelagic jellyfish/ctenophores; Pelagic crustacea.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=54; Southern limit=24; Western limit=-128; Eastern limit=-110; Latitudinal range=30; Longitudinal range=18.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore; Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Bentho-Pelagic.
Global Endemism: East Pacific endemic; TEP non-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: 36 cm.
Regional Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Northern Gulf of California endemic; Continent only; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Continent; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Mid Water; Near Bottom; Bottom + water column;
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- Ayres, W. O., 1860., Description of fishes., Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1), 2:81-86.
- De la Cruz , J. , Galvan , F. , Abitia , L. A. , Rodriguez , J. and Gutierrez, F. J., 1994., Lista sistematica de los peces marinos de Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur (Mexico). Systematic List of marine fishes from Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur (Mexico)., Ciencias Marinas, 20:17-31.
- Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo . Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional.
- Galván-Magaña, F., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, F., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., 2000., The distribution and affinities of the shore fishes of the Baja California Sur lagoons. In Aquatic Ecosystems of Mexico: Status and Scope. Eds. M. Manuwar, S.G. Lawrence, I.F. Manuwar & D.F. Malley. Ecovision World Monograph Series., Backhuys Publishers:383-398.
- Horn, M.H., 1970., Systematics and biology of the stromateoid fishes of the genus Peprilus., Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard, 140:165-261.
- Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp.
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