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Main identification features
- rear nostril not large
- d: xi, 2nd longest
- juvenile- no white spots
- gill rakers 27-31
- lateral scales 131-144
Body robust, compressed; end of top jaw exposed; 27-31 rakers on first gill arch; operculum edge with 3 flat spines; rear nostril not larger than front nostril preoperculum without spines; 1 dorsal fin with XI spines, 2nd spine longest, membranes notched between spines, 14-16 rays; anal fin with III spines, 9 rays; pectorals 17-19 rays; lateral line complete, ending at tail base, smoothly arched; scales rough, relatively small, 131-144 lateral scales.
Pale grey-brown with intense green iridescence on body; fins darker, pectoral with intense blue iridescence; membranes between first 5 spines black; margins of pectoral and anal fins cream; juveniles grey-brown with dark line above top jaw.
Size: 100 cm.
Habitat: rocky reef.
Depth: 40-135 m.
The Galapagos, Malpelo, Cocos, Revillagigedos, Alijos rocks off southern Baja, Gorgona Island (Colombia) and the coasts of Ecuador, Costa Rica and Mexico (the Gulf of Tehuantepec, and central Baja).
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California).
Depth Range Max: 135 m.
Depth Range Min: 40 m.
Diet: octopus/squid/cuttlefish; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=27; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=29; Longitudinal range=36.
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); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 100 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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- Béarez , P. and Jiménez, P., 2002., New records of serranids (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the continental shelf of Ecuador with a key to the species, and comments on ENSO-associated fish dispersal., Cybium, 2002.
- 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 III. Vertebrados - Parte 2., FAO3:1201-1813.
- Franke , R. and Acero P., A., 1995., Peces Serranidos del Parque Gorgona, Pacífico Colombiano (Osteichthyes: Serranidae)., Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 19:593-600.
- Heemstra , P.C. and Randall, J.E., 1993., Groupers of the World (Family Serranidae, Subfamily Epinephelinae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue Vol. 16., FAO Fish. Synop. No 125, 125:I-viii, 1-382.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
- Molina, L., Danulat, E., Oviedo, M., González, J.A., 2004., Guía de especies de interés pesquero en la Reserva Marina de Galápagos., Fundación Charles Darwin / Agencia Espeñola de Cooperación Internacional / Dirección Parque Nacional Galápagos, 115pp.
- Thomson , D.A. , Findley , L.T. and Kerstitch, A.N., 2000., Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez., University of Texas Press(Revised Ed.):353.
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