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© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 Seriola rivoliana	© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 Seriola rivoliana

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Main identification features black diagonal bar: nape to eye dorsal fin and a: long lobes Snout long; pointed; deeper body and with taller dorsal and anal fins than other Seriola in the region; dorsal rays VII+I,27-33; anal rays II (reduced or embedded in large fish) + I,18-22; total gill rakers on first arch (excluding rudiments) 22-26; lateral line with slight arch over pectoral region; no scutes; grooves present on dorsal and ventral surface of caudal fin base, but no lateral fleshy keel. Bluish to greenish on upper back, silvery below; oblique dark band from snout to front of dorsal fin; juveniles (up to 20cm) with 6 dark bars on side. Size: attains at least 157 cm, common to 60 cm; at least 60kg. Habitat: demersal and pelagic, mainly oceanic. Depth: 3-250 m. Circumtropical, in the eastern Pacific from Southern California to the SW Gulf of California to Peru, and the oceanic islands. 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: 250 m. Depth Range Min: 3 m. Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); octopus/squid/cuttlefish. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=33; Southern limit=-6; Western limit=-118; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=39; Longitudinal range=40. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Bentho-Pelagic. Global Endemism: Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans); East Pacific + Atlantic (East +/or West); Transisthmian (East Pacific + Atlantic of Central America); East Pacific + all Atlantic (East+West); All Pacific (West + Central + East); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species. Habitat: Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Water column. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Offshore; In & Offshore. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 157 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Eastern Pacific non-endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Bottom; Near Surface; Bottom; Bottom + water column;

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Acknowledgements

Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.