© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Priacanthus alalaua Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Fish Fish species NCSM SFTEP Links We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. FishBase 1 thumbnail  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features use genus Dorsal rays X,12-14 (usually 13); anal rays III,13-14 (usually 14); pectoral rays 17-19 (usually 18); lateral-line scales 65-79; scale rows between lateral line and dorsal fin origin 10-13; rakers on first gill arch 19-23; head not symetrical (mouth opens above midline); pelvic fins relatively short, usually less than head length; no large flat spine at angle of preopercle, its rear edge scaly; tail with W-shaped rear border. Overall crimson, including fins and iris of eye; membranes of pelvic fin black; no dark spotting on fins. Size: to 32 cm. Inhabits rocky bottoms. Depth: 10-275 m. Hawaiian Islands and tropical eastern Pacific; in the latter region it is the Revillagigedos Islands and Alijos rocks west of southern Baja. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos). Depth Range Max: 275 m. Depth Range Min: 10 m. Diet: Pelagic crustacea; zooplankton. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=20; Southern limit=19; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-111; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=4. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; Pacific only (East + Central &/or West); Central + East Pacific (but not West); "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species. Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 32 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s); Island (s) only; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Mid Water; Near Bottom; Bottom + water column; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1994., Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific., Crawford House Press Pty Ltd:1-332. Castro-Aguirre, J.L. and Balart, E.F., 2002., La ictiofauna de las islas Revillagigedos y sus relaciones zoogeograficas, con comentarios acerca de su origen y evolucion. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:153-170. 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. Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1903., Descriptions of new genera and species of fishes from the Hawaiian Islands., Bull. U.S. Fish Comm., 22:161-208. 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. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Priacanthus&speciesname=alalaua ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Priacanthus&speciesname=alalaua http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Priacanthus&speciesname=alalaua ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Priacanthus&speciesname=alalaua &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 500 Can't locate object method "new" via package "LWP::Protocol::https::Socket" https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Priacanthus&speciesname=alalaua Updated: 2024-04-28 05:02:25 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation