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Overview

Main identification features use genus Stout body; pointed snout; large mouth; 5 very long gill slits that extend onto the top and bottom of the body, all before the pectoral; long, hair like gill rakers; teeth numerous, minute, hooked; tail nearly symmetrical and half-moon shaped; tail base depressed, with long, strong keel; 2 dorsal fins, the first midway between the pectorals and pelvics. Back blackish to grey-brown or blue-grey; belly a little paler. Size: 1520 cm. Habitat: near shore pelagic. Depth: 0-570 m. Circumglobal in temperate waters; enters the fringes of our region - Baja and the Gulf of California; the Galapagos, Ecuador and Peru. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Appendix II. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ); Antitropical (North and South temperate). Depth Range Max: 570 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=37; Southern limit=-47; Western limit=-122; Eastern limit=-70; Latitudinal range=84; Longitudinal range=52. Egg Type: Live birth; No pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Planktivore. FishBase Habitat: Pelagic. Global Endemism: Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans); East Pacific + Atlantic (East +/or West); East Pacific + all Atlantic (East+West); TEP non-endemic; West + East Pacific (but not Central); "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species. Habitat: Water column. Inshore Offshore: Offshore; Offshore Only. IUCN Red List: Vulnerable; Listed. Length Max: 1520 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; Continent only; California + Peruvian provinces, primarily; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; All species. Residency: Vagrant. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Surface; Surface; Water column only;

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References

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Acknowledgements

Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.