© Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Archosargus pourtalesii Click on map for details about points. 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on image to enlarge. © Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Archosargus see all kinds   •  3 thumbnails  •  slide show Kinds Archosargus pourtalesii, Blackspot Porgy Archosargus probatocephalus, Sheepshead Seabream Archosargus rhomboidalis, Western Atlantic Seabream español Overview Main identification features head small, pointed, profiles convex oval, compressed 7 gold stripes; black blotch behind opercle ARCHOSARGUS SEABREAMS Body oval, somewhat compressed, back humped; head small, pointed, upper and lower profiles convex; mouth small, at front, with large teeth with flattened tips; eye moderate; dorsal fin long & low, XIII spines; anal short, III short spines; pectoral long, much longer than pelvic. A neotropical genus of 3 species; a single species in and endemic to the tropical eastern Pacific. References Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1994., Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific., Crawford House Press Pty Ltd:1-332. Breder, C.M. Jr., 1936., Scientific results of the second oceanographic expedition of the "Pawnee" 1926. Heterosomata to Pediculati from Panama to Lower California., Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Collect. Yale Univ., 2(3):1-56. Humann, P., 1993., Reef Fish Identification: Galapagos., New World Publishing:192pp. Jordan , D.S. and Bollman, C.H., 1890., Descriptions of new species of fishes collected at the Galapagos Islands and along the coast of the United States of Colombia, 1887-88, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross'., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 12:149-183. McCosker , J.E. and Rosenblatt, R.H., 1985., The inshore fish fauna of the Galápagos Islands. In Key Environments-Galápagos, ed. R. Perry., Pergamon Press:133-144. 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. Snodgrass , R. E. and Heller, E., 1905., Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos expedition, 1898-1899. XVII. Shorefishes of the Revillagigedo, Clipperton, Cocos and Galapagos Island., Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 6:333-427. Steindachner, F., 1881., Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Meeresfische Afrikas's (und Beschreibung einer neuen Sargus-Art von den Galapagos-Inseln)., Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 18:157-160. 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 Updated: 2024-05-20 20:32:59 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation