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Caulolatilus affinis Gill, 1865
BIGHEAD TILEFISH
Pacific Golden-eyed Tilefish

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Caulolatilus affinis
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Caulolatilus affinis
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Overview
Main identification features
  • yellow stripe before eye
  • top pectoral base - dark blotch
Dorsal rays VII-IX (usually VIII), 22-25; anal rays I or II, 21-24; pectoral rays 19; pored lateral-line scales 80-91; body depth as percent of standard length 23-32 (mean 29); snout profile relatively steep; tail fin with straight edge.

Olive green to bluish grey with silvery sides, a broad yellow stripe in front of eye; a large dark area above pectoral fin axil.

Size: grows to 50 cm.

Inhabits rock and sand bottoms.

Depth: 30-200 m.

Southern California to the Gulf of California to Peru; Cocos, Malpelo and Galapagos.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 200 m.
Depth Range Min: 30 m.
Diet: mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes; octopus/squid/cuttlefish.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=33; Southern limit=-7; Western limit=-118; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=40; Longitudinal range=40.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 50 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;


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References
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  • Dooley, J.K., 1978., Systematics and biology of the tilefishes (Perciformes: Branchiostegidae and Malacanthidae), with descriptions of two new species., U.S. Nat. Ocean. Atmos. \.
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