© Copyright John Rangall, 2006 · 0 Cheilopogon spilonotopterus Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Checklist Australia Vertebrata Fish SFTEP Links We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. Australian Faunal Directory FishBase 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on image to enlarge. www.fao.org Copyright Michel Lamboeuf · 0 Cheilopogon spilonotopterus 2 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features back red-brown d: grey + dark spot pectoral: dark brown, narrow clear rear border pelvic: grey a: clear Head relatively short, <22% of standard length; body relatively deep, <16% of standard length; no branch of lateral line to origin of pectoral; top jaw not protrusible; jaws ~equal length, or lower a little longer; jaw teeth relatively large, with 1 point, sometimes with smaller points on sides; teeth on sides of roof of mouth; insertion of pelvics nearer operculum than base of tail, fin reaching past anal origin; pectoral reaching past anal base; all pectoral rays branched, except 1st ray; juveniles with 2 fused barbels under chin, 29-34 scales before dorsal fin; 13-14 dorsal rays; anal 10-11 rays, origin under dorsal rays 6-8; juvenile barbels extremely long. Purplish brown to red above, silver below; dorsal fin grey, with a large dark spot; pectorals uniform dark brown, with narrow clear margin; anal clear; pelvics grey; juveniles darker, black pectorals, chin barbel with black fringe. Size: 38 cm. Habitat: pelagic, around offshore islands. Depth: surface, 0-5 m. Indo-Pacific; the oceanic islands in our region. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo). Depth Range Max: 5 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=20; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-87; Latitudinal range=22; Longitudinal range=28. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Planktivore. FishBase Habitat: Pelagic. Global Endemism: All Pacific (West + Central + East); Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species. Habitat: Water column. Inshore Offshore: Offshore; Offshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 38 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s) only; Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Surface; Water column only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1997., An Annotated Checklist of the fishes of Clipperton Atoll, Tropical Eastern Pacific., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 45:813-843. Bleeker,., 1866., Systema Balistidorum, Ostracionidorum, Gymnodontidorumque revisum., Neder. Tijdschr. Dierk., 3:8-19. Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741. 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. 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. Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2. Robertson , D.R. and Allen, G.A., 1996., Zoogeography of the shorefish fauna of Clipperton Atoll., Coral Reefs, 15:121-131. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. 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