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Pomadasys schyrii Steindachner, 1900
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Pomadasys schyrii
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Pomadasys schyrii

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Overview
Main identification features
  • deep body
  • nape - 2 barsoperculum - dark blotch
  • lateral line47
  • pectoral long
  • anal fin 2nd spine large
Body compressed, back high and narrow; head deep, compressed, profile straight; snout long, pointed; mouth relatively short, slightly oblique, barely reaches eye, less than 1/3 head length; 14 short gill rakers on lower limb of first arch; vertical edge of preopercle serrated, those at angle further apart and larger, horizontal edge straight; dorsal rays XII, 12-13, 4th spine longest, a deep notch between spines and rays; pectoral fins very long, reaching to level of anus; anal rays III,7, second anal spine long, robust and curved, reaches ends of longest anal rays, 57% of head length; tail fin slightly concave to nearly straight; scales slightly rough, 6 rows between lateral line and first dorsal spine; lateral- line scales 47; no scales on membranes of dorsal and anal fins.

Overall silvery; a blue-black blotch on the upper operculum; faint dark bars at nape and before dorsal fin.

Maximum size, 22 cm.

Habitat: coastal seas on sandy or muddy bottoms, entering brackish estuaries and river mouths.

Depth: ~20 m.

Known only from southern Ecuador and northern Peru.

Very similar to P. macracanthus.


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: mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=-3; Southern limit=-4; Western limit=-81; Eastern limit=-81; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=1.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: East Pacific endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; All species.
Habitat: Sand & gravel; Mud; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 22 cm.
Regional Endemism: TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Panamic province endemic; Continent only; Continent; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Marine.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Near Bottom; Bottom + water column;


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References
  • Bussing , W. A. and Lopez, M. I., 1994., Demersal and pelagic inshore fishes of the Pacific coast of lower central America. An illustrated guide., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 1994:1-164.
  • Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
  • Steindachner, F., 1902., Herpetologische und ichthyologische ergebnisse einer reise nach Südamerika, mit einer einleitung von Therese Prinzessin von Bayern., Denskschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 72:89-148.

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