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Main identification features
- blue-grey;flank: white spot
- c: white
- juvenile black + blue bars, white c
Dorsal rays XIV,17-18; anal rays III, 17-18; pectoral rays 17-18; lateral line weakly developed, 45-48 scales in longitudinal series; a stout spine on lower edge of cheek.
Grey with a bluey tint; whitish tail fin; a small (~ eye-sized) white spot on upper side above tip of pectoral fin; margins of dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins electric blue; juveniles grey-brown with about 7 narrow blue bars, including two on head.
Size: grows to at least 30 cm.
Habitat: coral reefs.
Depth: 2-100 m.
Known only from Clipperton Island.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 100 m.
Depth Range Min: 2 m.
Diet: sessile crustacea; zooplankton; sessile worms; sponges/seasquirts/bryozoa; benthic microalgae; sessile molluscs; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=11; Southern limit=11; Western limit=-110; Eastern limit=-110; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=1.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Omnivore; Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Corals; 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: 30 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Island (s) only; TEP endemic; TEP oceanic island (s) endemic; Clipperton Island endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Mid Water; Near Bottom; Bottom + water column;
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- 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.
- Baldwin, W.J., 1963., A new chaetodont fish, Holocanthus limbaughi, from the eastern Pacific., Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 74:1-8.
- Robertson , D.R. and Allen, G.A., 1996., Zoogeography of the shorefish fauna of Clipperton Atoll., Coral Reefs, 15:121-131.
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