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Opisthopterus effulgens |
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Overview |
Main identification features
- forehead horizontal; mouth ~vertical
- dorsal fin origin nearer tail fin than pectoral base
- teeth
- lower gill rakers 15
- a: 65, origin midway front of eye and c
Elongate, compressed; pelvic fins absent; forehead horizontal; lower jaw projecting at front, short - finishes under eye; space between 2 bones of top jaw; mouth points obliquely up; lower jaw with teeth; anal fin long, 65 rays, origin midway between front of eye and base of tail fin; 15 rakers on lower arm of first gill arch; pectoral fin a little longer than head; dorsal fin origin nearer tail fin base than pectoral base.
Size: 25 cm.
Habitat: enters rivers and estuaries from sea.
Depth: 0-10 m.
Colombia and Ecuador.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs; zooplankton; bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=4; Southern limit=1; Western limit=-81; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=3; Longitudinal range=3.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Estuary; Freshwater; Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 25 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Freshwater; Marine.
Water Column Position: Near Surface; Surface; Water column only;
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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.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
- Regan, C. T., 1903., Descriptions of new South-American fishes in the collection of the British Museum., Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7), 12:621-630.
- Whitehead, P.J.P., 1985., Clupeoid fishes of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the herrings, sardines, pilchards, sprats, anchovies and wolf-herrings. Part 1. Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 7., FAO Fish. Synop. No 125, 125(1):1-303.
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