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Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831)
TALLFIN FLYINGFISH
Great Flying Fish; Great Flying-fish; Larger Flying Fish; Larger Flyingfish; Tallfin Flying Fish; White-banded Flying-fish; Cypselurus pulchellus Lowe, 1841; Exocoetus altipennis Valenciennes, 1847; Exocoetus melanocercus Ogilby, 1885; Exocoetus robustus Günther, 1866; Exocoetus pinnatibarbatus Bennett, 1831; Smallhead flyingfish

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Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus
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Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus

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Overview
Main identification features
  • d: large dark spot
  • pectoral - grey + broad clear margin
  • pectoral reaches tail fin base
  • pelvic long, origin nearer operculum than c
Body relatively slender (depth <16% of standard length); head relatively short (<22% of standard length); snout short (~eye diameter); lower jaw not shorter than top jaw; jaw teeth very evident; dorsal fin 9-13; pectoral fin reaches base of tail fin, its1st ray unbranched; pelvic fin reaches nearly to end of anal fin base, its insertion is nearer the rear edge of the opercle than the base of tail fin; anal fin 9-12, its origin below about 3rd dorsal fin ray; ~50 scales between dorsal fin and front of head

Blue-grey above, silvery below; dorsal with a large dark spot; pectorals dark grey with a wide clear border; remaining fins clear

Size: reaches 48 cm.

Habitat: surface layers inshore and offshore.

Depth: 0-10 m.

Oregon to the tip of Baja California, the SW Gulf of California, also the Revillagigedos Islands.


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).
Depth Range Max: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=33; Southern limit=19; Western limit=-118; Eastern limit=-110; Latitudinal range=14; Longitudinal range=8.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Offshore; Offshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 48 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; California province, primarily; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Surface; Water column only;


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References
  • Castro-Aguirre, J.L. and Balart, E.F., 2002., La ictiofauna de las islas Revillagigedos y sus relaciones zoogeograficas, con comentarios acerca de su origen y evolucion. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:153-170.
  • Cooper, J. G., 1863., On new genera and species of Californian fishes--No. II., Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1), 3:93-97.
  • 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.
  • Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
  • 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.
  • Gotshall, D.W., 1996., Fishes of Rocas Alijos. In Rocas Alijos. Ed. R. W. Schmieder. Cornell Expeditions., Kluwer Academic Publishers: 347-354.
  • Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26.
  • 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.
  • Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224.

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