Main identification features
- 3 thick stripes
- dark blotch tail fin base
- eye medium, round
- pectoral short
- lateral line has 65-70 scales
Elongate, compressed; head compressed, conical; eyes large, round, not vertical ovals; chin with 2 pairs of pores; mouth short, oblique, lower jaw projecting; tail shallowly forked; head relatively deep (depth =32% of standard length), strongly compressed; between eyes broad, convex; 22-25 rakers on first gill arch; dorsal XII,17-18, longest spine not reaching second dorsal, spiny and soft parts almost separated; anal III,17-18, spines small; pectoral short, 15-16 rays; scales rough, 12-13 rows between lateral line and dorsal origin, 65-70 scales along side.
Grey, 3 broad stripes along midflank and upper back, lowest one expanded into spot on tail base.
Size: 30 cm.
Habitat: sandy bottoms.
Depth: 0-10 m?.
Ecuador and central Peru.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 10 m.
Depth Range Min: 0 m.
Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=-3; Southern limit=-12; Western limit=-82; Eastern limit=-76; Latitudinal range=9; Longitudinal range=6.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Planktivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Water column.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 30 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Peruvian province, primarily; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Bottom; Water column only;
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- Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741.
- Hildebrand, S.F., 1946., A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 189:1-530.
- Hooker, Y., 1998., Fauna asociada a las aguas cálidas presentes en la Bahía de Pucusana durante El Niño 1997-98, Junio a Julio de 1997., Instituto del Mar del Peru, Informe., 85:3-20.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
- Rubio, E.A., 1988., Estudio taxonomico de la ictiofauna acompañante del camaron en areas costeras del Pacifico de Colombia., Memorias del VI Seminario Nacional de las Ciencias del Mar. Comisión Colombiana de Oceanografía. Bogota, Colombia., :169-183.
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