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Cheilopogon dorsomacula (Fowler, 1944)
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Cheilopogon dorsomacula
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Cheilopogon dorsomacula

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Overview
Main identification features
  • body - 6 brown bars
  • d: white, rear black blotch
  • c: grey, top lobe white, no clear tips
  • pectoral: white, inner black bar, outer 1/2 black,
  • pelvic: white base, black outer 2/3
  • anal fin white
Head ~25% of standard length; top jaw not protrusible; jaw teeth relatively large, with 1 point, sometimes with smaller points on sides; sides of roof of mouth with teeth; jaws ~equal length, or lower a little longer; juveniles with 2 fused barbels under chin; pelvic origin nearer operculum than base of tail fin, reaches just past anal origin; anal origin under or behind 3rd dorsal ray; pectoral reaches past anal base, 1st ray unbranched; no branch of lateral line to origin of pectoral; 12 dorsal rays; 9-10 anal rays, origin under 6th dorsal ray; 24 scales in front of dorsal fin.

Brown above, red-brown on nape; silver on sides and below; 3 wide red-brown bars before pelvic fins and 3 behind; dorsal white, with large black spot on rear half; anal white; pectoral white, with black oblique bar near base of fin, black outer half and narrow clear to white rear margin; tail with upper lobe white, base and rear border grey, without clear tips; pelvics with white base, black outer part.

Size: 23 cm.

Habitat: oceanic pelagic

Depth: 0-20 m.

Pacific; the Galapagos and Ecuador.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 20 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=2; Southern limit=-9; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=11; Longitudinal range=14.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
Global Endemism: Pacific only (East + Central &/or West); All Pacific (West + Central + East); "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); TEP non-endemic; All species.
Habitat: Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Offshore Only; Offshore.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 23 cm.
Regional Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Continent + Island (s); Island (s); Continent; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Surface; Near Surface; Water column only;


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References
  • Fowler, H.W., 1944., Results of the Fifth George Vanderbilt Expedition (1941) (Bahamas, Caribbean sea, Panama, Galapagos Archipelago and Mexican Pacific Islands). The Fishes., Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadel., Monographs, 6:57-529.
  • Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.

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