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Main identification features
- head low;snout projects
- c: blunt point to round
- preopercle: 2 strong spines
- roof mouth black
- inner pectoral base: black blotch
Head low, broad, flat between eyes, top cavernous, translucent, firm to touch; snout long, slightly projecting; chin with 4 pores, without barbels, without knob at tip; mouth slightly oblique, ends between pupil and rear of eye; angle of preoperculum with 2 strong spines, lower larger, angled down, straight, or curved with tip straight down; eye small (~17-19% of head length); 36-41 short, slender rakers on 1st gill arch; dorsal XI-XIII, 21-25, deep notch between spiny & soft parts; anal 9 (rarely 8 or 10) rays, straight edge, 2nd spine long, slender; scales on most of body rough, smooth on head & nape; pelvic with long filament; soft dorsal, anal, pectorals, pelvics covered with small smooth scales; 7-8 scale rows between lateral line & origin of dorsal fin, 47-50 rows on lateral line.
Preserved fish: body brassy silver, browner above; upper 1/2 of inside base of pectoral with conspicuous dark blotch; fins pale, with dusky margin to dorsal; rear 3/4 of roof of mouth black, tongue and floor pale; pelvic filament whitish, lining of body cavity silver.
Size: 21 cm.
Habitat: benthic on mud and sand bottoms.
Depth: 3-20 m.
Eastern Gulf of California.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos).
Depth Range Max: 20 m.
Depth Range Min: 3 m.
Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=28; Southern limit=23; Western limit=-111; Eastern limit=-106; Latitudinal range=5; Longitudinal range=5.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
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.
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; Cortez + Mexican provinces endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Marine.
Water Column Position: Near Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Chao, L. N., 2001., Two new species of Stellifer from inshore waters of the eastern Pacific, with a redescription of S. ephelis (Perciformes: Sciaenidae)., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 49(Supplement 1):67-79.
- 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.
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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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