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Aulopus bajacali Parin and Kotlyar, 1984
EASTERN PACIFIC FLAGFIN
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Aulopus bajacali
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Aulopus bajacali

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Overview
Main identification features Eastern Pacific Flagfin

Body slender and cylindrical; head robust, with pointed snout; mouth large, at front, with two supramaxilla bones on top of rear of maxilla, ends under eye; curved needlelike teeth on jaws, tongue and front and sides of roof of mouth; eyes large, horizontally eliptical with circular pupils; 13-16 rakers on first gill arch; first dorsal fin high, its origin over or a little behind pelvic origin, with 14-17 rays, rays 2-4 very long in male; second dorsal fin is a flap of skin with a short base situated over the rear of the anal fin; pelvics on thorax, insert behind base of pectorals, not reaching past anus; pectorals on mid-side, 12-14 rays; anal fin 10-13 rays, originates on rear ½ of body; tail fin strongly forked, 10+9 rays; scales on most of head and body, those on cheeks and operculum enlarged; 12-14 scales before dorsal fin; bony scales covering bases of tail fin rays; lateral line complete, with 48-54 scales; body scales with a spine, large plate-like smooth scales on belly, spiny scales on breast.

Color: Brown, paler below (silvery in female); most fish with four large dark saddles on upper body (under front half of dorsal fin, just behind that fin, under second dorsal fin, on rear of tail base), with irregular blotches on side between the saddles; yellowish along side and lower surface of body; head with dark blotches, and a large dark blotch covering at least upper half of opercle, most of upper half of eye yellow, top jaw with yellow; dorsal fin without dark lines – male: 3 yellow blotches on base, large red and yellow blotch on rear 4-5 rays, elongate rays red, female: 3 yellow blotches on base, 4 large orange blotches along center of fin,; second dorsal fin – large yellow (red in female) spot at front tip; pectoral fin yellowish; pelvic fin: female - transparent, with lower 2-3 rays yellow, male - yellow, with a brilliant red and orange blotch on inner rays; anal fin transparent in female, with two yellow blotches in male; tail fin with large dark blotch on lower base, male: tips and rear margin red, center rays red, red and yellow bar across top lobe, margin of lower lobe yellow, female: similar to male, but lower lobe without red rear margin and with 2 yellow marks.

Reaches 31 cm

Habitat: Lives on sand and mud bottoms.

Depth: 82-513m

Known from southern Baja and the SW Gulf of California.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap).
Depth Range Max: 513 m.
Depth Range Min: 50 m.
Diet: bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=27; Southern limit=24; Western limit=-113; Eastern limit=-110; Latitudinal range=3; Longitudinal range=3.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: East Pacific endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; All species.
Habitat: Sand & gravel; Mud; Soft bottom only; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove).
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 31 cm.
Regional Endemism: TEP endemic; Continent; Continental TEP endemic; Continent only; Cortez province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Parin, Kotlyar., 1984., A new species of the family Aulopidae (Myctophiformes, Osteichthyes) from the east Pacific., Zool. Zh., 63:1435-1437.
  • Thompson, B.A., 1998., Redescription of Aulopus bajacali Parin & Kotlyar, 1984, comments on its relationships and new distribution records., Ichthyological Research, 45:43-51.

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