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Main identification features
- eye largenarrow between eyes
- dorsal fin - no long spines
- bright red, back with green blotchesunder head white
Head very bony, with numerous spines; lateral line with tubes on scales; pectoral fin 20 rays, all unbranched; head and body compressed; large, deep head, nape flat; eye relatively large (24-29% of head length); between eyes; dorsal fin XII, 9 (rarely 8), without elongated 2nd or 3rd spines; pectoral 17-19 rays; anal III,5, second spine moderately long; 15-22 spines on first gill arch; 23-29 scales with lateral line pores.
Head and body bright red; with grey-green blotches on back; underside of head and inside mouth bright white.
Size: 24 cm.
Habitat: rubble bottoms.
Depth: 48-351m.
Southern Baja to the central Gulf of California to northern Peru.
Attributes
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 351 m.
Depth Range Min: 48 m.
Diet: octopus/squid/cuttlefish; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=29; Southern limit=-5; Western limit=-112; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=34; Longitudinal range=34.
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; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 24 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continental TEP endemic; 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic; Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Findley, L.T., Hendrickx, M.E., Brusca, R.C., van der Heiden, A.M., Hastings, P.A., Torre, J., 2003., Diversidad de la Macrofauna Marina del Golfo de California, Mexico., CD-ROM versión 1.0. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo . Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional.
- Gilbert, C.H., 1890., A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer "Albatross" on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 13:49-126.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
- Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp.
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Pontinus sierra, Speckled scorpionfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
(Scorpionfishes) >
Scorpaenidae
(Scorpionfishes or rockfishes) > Scorpaeninae
Etymology: More on author:
Gilbert
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 250 m (Ref.
55763
). Tropical; 25°N - 8°N
Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California to Panama. Distributional range extends to Peru (Ref.
36715
).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
55763
); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
55763
)
Short description
Morphology
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Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 12 - 13;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 8-9;
Anal
spines
: 3;
Anal
soft rays
: 5 - 6;
Vertebrae
: 24. Branchiostegal rays: 7 (Ref.
36715
).
Adults are demersal while juveniles are pelagic (Ref.
36715
). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref.
36715
). Eggs are probably released in buoyant gelatinous mass (Ref.
36715
).
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Larvae
Oviparous (Ref.
36715
).
Poss, S.G.
, 1995. Scorpaenidae. Rascacios, chancharros. p. 1544-1564. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref.
9341
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Least Concern (LC)
; Date assessed:
01 May 2008
CITES
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00851 (0.00500 - 0.01450), b=2.95 (2.81 - 3.09), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179
): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).
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