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Strongylura exilis (Girard, 1854)
CALIFORNIAN NEEDLEFISH
California Needlefish; Pike needlefish

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Strongylura exilis
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Strongylura exilis

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Strongylura exilis
© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12
Strongylura exilis
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Overview
Main identification features
  • robust; beak relatively short
  • scales before dorsal fin has 274-330 rays
  • fins and eye yellowish
  • pectoral: 11-12
Body rounded and relatively robust; beak relatively short; no gill rakers; tail slightly concave; no keel on tail base; no long lobe at front of dorsal; 274-330 scales in front of dorsal fin; 11-12 pectoral rays; 67-74 vertebrae; only left ovary present; 13-17 dorsal rays; 16-19 anal rays; front lobe of anal larger than on dorsal.

Back blue green; belly silver; dark blue stripe along mid-flank; dark pigment at junction of cheek and operculum extends down only to level of center of eye; bone in front of eye not intensely pigmented fins and eye yellowish.

Size: 91 cm.

Habitat: coastal, lagoons with mangroves, enters freshwater.

Depth: surface 0-10 m.

California to the Gulf of California and to northern Peru, the Revillagigedos, Cocos and the Galapagos.


Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: bony fishes; Pelagic crustacea.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=33; Southern limit=-13; Western limit=-118; Eastern limit=-76; Latitudinal range=46; Longitudinal range=42.
Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Pelagic.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Estuary; Water column; Freshwater.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 91 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Brackish; Freshwater; Marine.
Water Column Position: Surface; Water column only;


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