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Slender; snout pointed, shorter than eye; head small (<1/3 length of pectoral); pectoral reaching past anal base, 1st two rays unbranched, 16-19 rays; no branch of lateral line to origin of pectoral; pelvic origin nearer anal origin than pectoral base, reaching past anal origin; anal origin before 3rd dorsal ray; top jaw not protrusible; sides of roof of mouth with teeth; dorsal fin low, 10-12 rays; anal 11-13 rays, origin under or slightly behind dorsal origin; 27-32 scales before dorsal fin; juvenile without chin barbels.
Body dark iridescent blue above, silvery below; pectoral black, with narrow clear rear margin; dorsal and tail fins dusky, other fins clear; in juveniles the dorsal fin is clear with a dark outer blotch and the paired fins are black.
Size: 32 cm.
Habitat: oceanic pelagic.
Depth: surface, 0-20 m.
Circumsubtropical, off California to southern Baja, in the SE Gulf of California, off southern Panama, Ecuador to Chile, Cocos and the Galapagos.
Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ); North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Antitropical (North and South temperate); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap). Depth Range Max: 20 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=32; Southern limit=-29; Western limit=-117; Eastern limit=-72; Latitudinal range=61; Longitudinal range=45. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Planktivore. FishBase Habitat: Pelagic. Global Endemism: Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans); East Pacific + Atlantic (East +/or West); "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); East Pacific + all Atlantic (East+West); TEP non-endemic; All species. Habitat: Water column. Inshore Offshore: Offshore; Offshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 32 cm. Regional Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); California + Peruvian provinces, primarily; All species. Residency: Vagrant. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Surface; Near Surface; Water column only;
Cuvier , G. and Valenciennes, A., 1847., Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvieme. Suite du livre dix-neuvieme. Brochets ou Lucioides. Livre vingtieme. De quelques familles de Malacopterygiens, intermediaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes., Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, 19:i-xix + 1-544 + 6pp.
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.
Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
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.
Walker, B. W. and Baldwin, W. J., 1964., Provisional check list of fishes of the Revillagigedo islands., 18 pp.
Subtropical waters of all oceans. Eastern Atlantic: occasional to Spain and English Channel, western Mediterranean (a separate population migrates to the southeastern part in winter), Portugal to Mauritania and from south of Namibia; also off the Cape, South Africa (Ref.
2797
). Possibly in Ascension I. (Ref.
98447
). Western Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to southern Brazil (Ref.
7251
). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref.
5951
).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
7251
); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
3397
)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 10-12;
Anal
spines
: 0;
Anal
soft rays
: 10 - 13;
Vertebrae
: 45 - 47. This species is distinguished by the following characters: elongated body is nearly rectangular in cross-section, almost flat ventrally, its depth 6.2 to 7.9 times in standard length (SL); 45-47 vertebrae; 25-30 predorsal scales; scales in transverse row 6 to 7.5, usually 6.5; the head 4.2-5.2 times in SL: eye 3.1-3.3 times in head; subequal jaws; jaw teeth conspicuous, conical; no palatine teeth; gill rakers on first arch 25-31; dorsal fin low, with 10-12 rays; anal fin with 10-13 rays, originating slightly before, or 1-2 rays behind dorsal-fin origin; pectoral fins 1.3-1.4 times in SL and with 16-18 rays, first 2 rays unbranched; pelvic fins 2.8-3.4 times in SL, inserted slightly nearer to posterior margin of opercle than origin of caudal fin base: juveniles without barbel (Ref.
109257
). Colour of body dark, iridescent blue above, silvery white below; dorsal and caudal fins greyish, other fins hyaline (Ref.
2797
); pectoral fins black without unpigmented cross-band and with a narrow light outer margin; pelvic fins usually without black spot (Ref.
109257
); juveniles elongate, paired fins black (Ref.
2797
).
Inhabits oceanic surface waters. Capable of leaping out of the water and gliding for considerable distances above the surface (Ref.
3720
). Feeds on zooplankton (Ref.
109257
). Eggs with bunch of filaments opposed by a single filament on opposite pole (Ref.
6523
). Reported to have no importance to fisheries (Ref.
109257
). Depth assumed from ecology data.
Carpenter, K.E. and N. De Angelis (eds.)
, 2016. The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Vol. 3: Bony fishes part 1 (
Elopiformes to Scorpaeniformes
). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes, Rome, FAO. pp. 1511-2350. (Ref.
109257
)
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201
): 15.2 - 27.8, mean 24.5 °C (based on 1598 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00292 - 0.01429), b=3.04 (2.84 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.0 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category (Ref.
80766
):
Medium
.
Nutrients (Ref.
124155
): Calcium = 330 [106, 676] mg/100g; Iron = 2.03 [0.91, 4.71] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [16, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.254 [0.100, 0.741] g/100g; Selenium = 11.3 [4.2, 31.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 18.8 [4.8, 87.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.01 [0.62, 1.68] mg/100g (wet weight);
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