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Main identification features
- deep body; large eye; concave nape
- dorsal fin origin center tail fin to pectoral base
- teeth
- dark spot after operculum
- a: origin nearer snout tip than c
Bigeye longfin-herring
Elongate, compressed; deep bodied; eye large; pelvic fins absent; lower jaw projecting at front, short - finishes under eye; gap between 2 bones of top jaw; mouth points obliquely up; lower jaw with teeth; anal fin long, ~60 rays, origin nearer tip of snout than base of tail fin; 19-20 rakers on lower arm of first gill arch; pectoral fin a little longer than head; dorsal fin origin about midway between tail fin base and pectoral base.
Color dark spot behind upper corner of operculum.
Size: 21 cm.
Habitat: marine, coastal.
Depth: 0-10 m?.
El Salvador to Panama.
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=14; Southern limit=8; Western limit=-89; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=6; Longitudinal range=10.
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: Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 21 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
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.
- Günther, A., 1867., On the Fishes of the States of Central America, founded upon specimens collected in the fresh and marine waters of various parts of that country by Messrs. Salvin and Godman and Capt. J. M. Dow., Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1866:600-604.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
- Meek , S.E. and Hildebrand, S.F., 1923., The marine fishes of Panama. Part I., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. Publ., XV:1-330.
- Seale, A., 1940., Report on fishes from Allan Hancock expeditions in the California Academy of Sciences., Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 9:1-46.
- 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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