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- Australian Faunal Directory
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Main identification features
- snout blunt; horn long
- grey, head - spots, back - thin bars
- c: short, blunt, white
- tail base: 2 keels
Body elongate, oval; snout short, almost vertical; adult with long, broad-based tapering horn before eye; 2 pairs of moderate sized cutting keels on plates on narrow tail base; pelvics I, 3; 2 anal spines; 4-7 dorsal fin spines; teeth small, conical, with tips slightly depressed, smooth or with slight denticulations; tail straight to slightly rounded, without filaments; dorsal VI, 27-29; anal II, 27-29; pectoral 16-17 rays.
Olive-brown to grey; many small dark spots on head and lower body, many thin dark bars on upper body; tail whitish with dark spot at base.
Size: 60 cm.
Habitat: reefs and rocky shores; juveniles in sheltered habitats; adults in mid-water around exposed reef fronts.
Depth: 0-45 m; juveniles usually 2-20 m; adults usually 5-30 m.
An Indo-Pacific species; recorded as a vagrant in the Galapagos Islands.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 45 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: pelagic fish larvae; benthic microalgae; zooplankton; benthic macroalgae.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=2; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-90; Latitudinal range=4; Longitudinal range=3.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Herbivore; Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: All Pacific (West + Central + East); Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Corals; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 60 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s) only; Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Mid Water; Near Bottom; Near Surface; Bottom + water column;
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- Cuvier , G. and Valenciennes, A., 1835., Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dixième. Suite du livre neuvième. Scombéroïdes. Livre dixième. De la famille des Teuthyes. Livre onzième. De la famille des Taenioïdes. Livre douzième. Des Athérines., Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, 10:1-482.
- McCosker , J.E. and Humann, P.H., 1996., New records of Galápagos fishes., Charles Darwin Foundation, Noticias de Galápagos., 56:18-26.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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