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Macrodon mordax
© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12
Macrodon mordax

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Macrodon
© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12
Macrodon
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Overview
Main identification features
  • mouth large, oblique
  • c: pointed or s shaped
  • front top and bottom: large canines
  • preoperculum smooth
  • pectoral passes pelvic tip
MACRODON

WEAKFISHES

Body elongate compressed; eye moderately large; mouth at front, oblique, large, lower jaw projecting; teeth large, pointed, with large canines at front, those on top jaw strongly curved, with arrow-head tips; preopercle edge smooth; anal fin with short base, short weak spines; scales small, smooth; soft dorsal and anal entirely scaled; edge of tail fin S shaped.

A neotropical genus with two species; one found in and endemic to the tropical eastern Pacific.


References
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  • 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.
  • Gilbert , C.H. and Starks, E.C., 1904., The fishes of Panama Bay., Mem. Calif. Acad.Sci., 4:1-304.
  • Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
  • 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.
  • Meek , S.E. and Hildebrand, S.F., 1925., The marine fishes of Panama. Part II., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. Publ., XV:331-707.
  • 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.
  • Rubio, E.A., 1990., Sistematica y Abundancia de los Peces de la Familia Sciaenidae (Pisces: Perciformes) en areas Aledañas a la Bahia de Buenaventura., Memorias del VII Seminario Nacional de las Ciencias y Tecnologías del Mar. Comisión Colombiana de Oceanografía. Bogota, Colombia., :413-421.

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