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Main identification features
- top jaw protractile
- pectoral not reaching past anal fin base
- dorsal fin clear + black blotch
- pelvics short
- tail fin pelvic, pectoral: clear
Snout short (length < eye diameter), blunt; top jaw protrusible; pectoral fin moderate length, not reaching past anal fin base, 2 unbranched + 11-12 branched rays; lateral line with branch to pectoral base; pelvic short, reaches origin of anal fin ; dorsal 12-14 rays; anal 12-14 rays; 23-30 scale rows; juveniles 2 short chin barbels.
Dark, iridescent green-blue above, silvery white below; dorsal fin clear, with large black blotch at outer tip; pelvics grey; other fins clear except tail with red cast.
Size: 20 cm.
Habitat: coastal pelagic.
Depth: surface, 0-20 m.
An Indo-Pacific subspecies of a circumtropical species; Panama to Ecuador.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 20 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=9; Southern limit=-3; Western limit=-83; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=12; Longitudinal range=5.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
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: Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Offshore; In & Offshore.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 20 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Surface; Water column only;
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- Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741.
- 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 II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
- Franke , R. and Acero P., A., 1992., Peces óseos comerciales del Parque Gorgona, Pacífico Colombiano (Osteichthyes: Elopidae, Chanidae, Exocoetidae, Belonidae y Scombridae)., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 40:117-124.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
- Lovejoy, N. R., 2000., Reinterpreting recapitulation: systematics of needlefishes and their allies (Teleostei: Beloniformes)., Evolution, 54:1349-1362.
- 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.
- Richardson, J., 1846., Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan., Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1845:187-320.
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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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