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Main identification features
- elongate, compressed; eye large
- blue-grey + faint lines
- tail base long tail fin concave
- mouth large, oblique, at front; no canines
- base interior pectoral and gill chamber dark
Elongate, somewhat compressed, with long tail base; dorsal profile gently convex at nape, nearly straight over head and snout; head long, compressed; eye large (~17% of head length); snout moderately long, conical; mouth large, at front, oblique, top jaw extends to just behind middle of eye; teeth in 2-3 series, outer ones a little enlarged, without canines; chin with a pair of pores on each side and a hole in the center, without barbels; preopercle weakly serrated; gill rakers short, 22-29 on 1st arch; lateral line slightly arched at front, curving down to mid-body at level of anal fin origin; dorsal fin with deep notch between spiny and soft parts, VIII-IX+I,21-23 rays, spines long, slender; pectoral 16-18 rays, moderately long ( reaching to tip of pelvic), pointed; tail concave, top lobe slightly longer; anal II+8-10, 2nd spine slender, about 2/3 length of longest ray; pelvics inserted a little behind base of pectoral, without a filament; scales small, rough on head, smooth on body, 72-76 along lateral line, 8 rows between lateral line and 1st dorsal spine.
Blue-grey above, silver below; faint lines along scale rows; lining of gill cavity dark; inner base of pectoral dark, inner 1/4 of fin dark grey, outer 3/4 yellow; dorsal grey; tail dark grey, lower border broadly yellow; anal yellow; pelvics pale yellow.
Size: reaches 75 cm.
Habitat: soft bottoms.
Dept: 5-50 m?.
Northern Peru to Chile, plus the Galapagos.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 50 m.
Depth Range Min: 5 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=2; Southern limit=-9; Western limit=-93; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=11; Longitudinal range=14.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 75 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Peruvian province, primarily; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Abbott, J.F., 1899., The marine fishes of Peru., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 51:324-364.
- Hildebrand, S.F., 1946., A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 189:1-530.
- Oyarzún , C. , Herrera , G. and Lavenberg, R. J., 1985., Status taxonomico de la corvina Cilus montti Delfin, 1900 (Pisces: Sciaenidae). Taxonomic status of the croaker Cilus montti Delfin, 1900 (Pisces: Sciaenidae)., Biologia Pesquera Chile, 14:40-45.
- Starks, E. C., 1906., On a Collection of fishes made by P. O. Simons in Ecuador and Peru., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 30:761-800.
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