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Overview |
Main identification features
- body and dorsal fin very wrinkled
- dorsal fin high
- brown, wrinkles - dark
Skin of body very wrinkled, wrinkles extending onto dorsal fin; head large (16% of total length); snout a little deeper than wide in cross-section; head and trunk about ½ total length; dorsal fin high (maximum height = snout + eye), its origin well before gill opening; eye small, over center of mouth; front nostril a tube about 2/3 length of eye; posterior nostril at level of profile of head, just before front edge of eye; mouth large, straight, closes completely, lips with small papillae; teeth little compressed, with minute serrations a base of most of them, teeth in single series on jaws, none on roof of mouth; gill opening an oblique slit, about twice size of eye.
Light brown; body and fins plain, except for dark lines within wrinkles on body and dorsal fin.
Size: 98 cm.
Habitat: rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-225m.
Ecuador to northern Peru; Malpelo and the Galapagos.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 225 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: octopus/squid/cuttlefish; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=5; Southern limit=-7; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-81; Latitudinal range=12; Longitudinal range=12.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: East Pacific endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; All species.
Habitat: Rocks; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 98 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Hildebrand , S.F. and Barton, O., 1949., A collection of fishes from Talara, Perú., Smithsonian Miscellaneus Collections, 111:1-36.
- 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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