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Pronotogrammus eos Gilbert, 1890
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Pronotogrammus eos
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Pronotogrammus eos

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Overview
Main identification features
  • oval body; very large eye
  • pink; fins yellow or + yellow spots
  • c: forked, sharp tips
  • pectoral passes anal fin origin
Body elongate oval, narrowing to tail base; upper and lower head profiles convex; very large eye (diameter = 12-16% of standard length); lower jaw projecting; preoperculum finely serrated on rear and lower edges; 11-13 long rakers on upper limb of first gill arch; dorsal fin X (4th-9th ~equal and longer than 3rd), 14-15; anal III, 8; pectoral 17-19, long, reaches post origin of anal fin; tail deeply forked, with pointed tips; 36-40 lateral scales, two rows of large scales between base of dorsal fin and lateral line.

Head and body silvery pink, darker above; a yellow bar on rear edge of operculum; a series of vertically elongate yellowish blotches from top corner of operculum along upper flank and on upper half of tail base, size of those blotches decreasing rearwards; fins pinkish, with small yellowish spots on upper tail lobe.

Size: to 21 cm.

Habitat: probably aggregates over sand and shell bottoms.

Depth: 80- 325 m.

SW and eastern middle Gulf of California to Panama, and Cocos.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
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: 325 m.
Depth Range Min: 80 m.
Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=30; Southern limit=6; Western limit=-114; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=24; Longitudinal range=36.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Bathydemersal.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Sand & gravel.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 21 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Near Bottom; Bottom + water column;


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References
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fitch, J.E., 1982., Revision of the eastern north Pacific Anthiin basses (Pisces: Serranidae)., Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., (339):1-8.
  • García-Rodríguez , F. J. and Aurioles-Gamboa, D., 1997., Contribución al conocimiento de la diversidad íctica en la Bahía de La Paz por … lobo marino de California, Zalophus californianus californianus. En Urbán Ramírez, J. y M. Ramírez Rodríguez (Eds.). La Bahía de La Paz investigación y conservación., Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur:151-162.
  • 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.
  • Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1896., The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 47:1-1240.
  • Osburn , R. C. and Nichols, J. T., 1916., Shore Fishes Collected by the 'Albatross' Expedition in Lower California with Descriptions of New Species., Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 35:139-181.
  • Thomson , D.A. , Findley , L.T. and Kerstitch, A.N., 2000., Reef fishes of the Sea of Cortez., University of Texas Press(Revised Ed.):353.
  • Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224.

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