© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Taractichthys steindachneri Click on map for details about points. 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Taractichthys steindachneri © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Taractichthys see all kinds   •  2 thumbnails  •  slide show Kinds Taractichthys longipinnis, Bigscale Pomfret Taractichthys steindachneri, Sickle Pomfret español Overview Main identification features arched and rounded between eyes dorsal and anal fins- long pointed front lobes scales large, 5 rows on flank with ridges TARACTICHTHYS POMFRETS Head and body moderately compressed; head profile curved; head arched and rounded between eyes; eyes large, more than 1/2 eye diameter below the nearest part of the upper head profile; mouth at front, strongly oblique; tail deeply concave; tail base without a keel; pectoral low on body, long, reaches well past front lobe of anal fin; pelvics small, inserted just before pectoral base; scales large (34-46), about 5 rows along the flank are ridged; dorsal & anal fins scaly and with long sickle-shaped front lobes in adults; adults without lateral line; small curved canine teeth in bands on both jaws. A circumglobal genus with 2 species; one Indo-Pacific species enters the northern fringe of our region. 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. Galván-Magaña, F., Gutiérrez-Sánchez, F., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., 2000., The distribution and affinities of the shore fishes of the Baja California Sur lagoons. In Aquatic Ecosystems of Mexico: Status and Scope. Eds. M. Manuwar, S.G. Lawrence, I.F. Manuwar & D.F. Malley. Ecovision World Monograph Series., Backhuys Publishers:383-398. 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. Steindachner, F., Döderlein, L., 1883., Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Fische Japan's. (I.)., Descr. Animalium, 47:211-242, Pls. 1-7. 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 Updated: 2024-05-02 15:15:37 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation