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Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Kathetostoma averruncus © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Kathetostoma averruncus © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Kathetostoma averruncus 4 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features large eyes, on top large square head dorsal fin no spines body, dorsal fin tail fin and pectoral: white blotches mouth vertical operculum: 1 large spine Body elongate, thick, tapering to rear; head large, square, top horizontal; eye large, on top of head; mouth large, vertical, lips with fringe of papillae; large spine at upper edge of opercle; dorsal at rear, without spines, 12-15 rays; anal 12-17; tail rounded; pectoral broad, rounded; pelvics narrow; no scales. Black, greenish-brown to grey above, paler below; tips of opercular spines yellowish; white dots on head, eye-sized white spots and blotches on body, and on dorsal, tail and pectoral fins; tail and pectoral fins with white borders. Size: 32 cm. Habitat: benthic on soft bottoms. Depth: 15-600 m. California to the mouth of the Gulf of California to Peru, and the Galapagos. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ); North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California). Depth Range Max: 600 m. Depth Range Min: 15 m. Diet: bony fishes; octopus/squid/cuttlefish. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=36; Southern limit=-7; Western limit=-121; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=43; Longitudinal range=43. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Bathydemersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 32 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; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Balart, E.F., Gonzáles-García, J. and Villavicencio-Garayzar, C., 2000., Notes on the biology of Cephalurus cephalus and Parmaturus xaniurus (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from the west coast of Baja California Sur, México., Fishery Bulletin, 98:219-221. Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741. De la Cruz , J. , Galvan , F. , Abitia , L. 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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. Galván-Magaña, F., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, F., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., 2000., The distribution and affinities of the shore fishes of the Baja California Sur lagoons. In Aquatic Ecosystems of Mexico: Status and Scope. Eds. M. Manuwar, S.G. Lawrence, I.F. Manuwar & D.F. Malley. Ecovision World Monograph Series., Backhuys Publishers:383-398. Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2. Jordan , D.S. and Bollman, C.H., 1890., Descriptions of new species of fishes collected at the Galapagos Islands and along the coast of the United States of Colombia, 1887-88, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross'., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 12:149-183. Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26. 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. McCosker , J.E. and Humann, P.H., 1996., New records of Galápagos fishes., Charles Darwin Foundation, Noticias de Galápagos., 56:18-26. McCosker, J.E., 1987., The fishes of the Galapagos Islands., Oceanus, 30:28-32. Meek , S.E. and Hildebrand, S.F., 1928., The marine fishes of Panama. Part III., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. Publ., XV:709-1045. Rubio, E.A., 1988., Estudio taxonomico de la ictiofauna acompañante del camaron en areas costeras del Pacifico de Colombia., Memorias del VI Seminario Nacional de las Ciencias del Mar. Comisión Colombiana de Oceanografía. Bogota, Colombia., :169-183. Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224. Wade, C.B., 1946., New fishes in the collections of the Allan Hancock Foundation., Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 9(8):215-235. 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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