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Main identification features
- relatively deep
- dorsal fin xiii
- preopercle: large teeth at angle
- pectoral not to pelvic tip
- a: 2nd spine very long, thick
Body high, compressed; forehead profile ~oblique; mouth short, not reaching past front of eye; chin with 2 pores at front and 2 inside hole behind; preopercle serrated, larger teeth at angle ; teeth small, conical, in bands; 19-20 rakers on first gill arch; dorsal XIII, 11-12, spinous part high; anal III, 7, 2nd spine very long, thicker than 3rd; pectorals short, not reaching tips of pelvics, 16-17 rays; scales rough, 45-48 longitudinal series, 6 rows between lateral line and 6th dorsal spine, none between fin rays.
Color: Silvery; juveniles with about 5 indistinct bars on body
Size: 21 cm.
Habitat: estuaries and freshwater.
Depth: 0-20 m.
Costa Rica.
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: octopus/squid/cuttlefish; mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=11; Southern limit=9; Western limit=-86; Eastern limit=-84; Latitudinal range=2; Longitudinal range=2.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Bentho-Pelagic.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Estuary; Mud; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Sand & gravel; Freshwater.
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: Brackish; Freshwater; Non Marine.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Near Bottom; Bottom + water column;
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References |
- Bussing, W.A., 1993., Pomadasys empherus, a new species of haemulid fish from the tropical eastern Pacific., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 41:245-251.
- 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.
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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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