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Main identification features
- elongate, long narrow snout, slender tail
- silvery
- dorsal and anal finsjoin c
- jaws long, pointed, top one overhanging
- pectoral present
- lateral line- head and body
Elongate, cylindrical at front, compressed at rear; with a long narrow snout and a slender tail; jaws long and pointed, with top jaw overhanging; jaw teeth of varying sizes, exposed when mouth is closed; large eye; front nostril tubular, at front of snout, rear nostril a slit in front of center of eye; pectoral fins present; head and body <1/2 total length; dorsal fin origin in front of or behind gill opening; dorsal and anal fins confluent with tail fin; lateral line complete on head and body.
Color: plain silvery with small dark spots
Lives on sand and mud bottoms.
Length: to 35cm
40-275m
Gulf of California to northern Peru.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap); Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 275 m.
Depth Range Min: 40 m.
Diet: bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=25; Southern limit=-4; Western limit=-111; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=29; Longitudinal range=33.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: East Pacific endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; All species.
Habitat: Sand & gravel; Soft bottom only; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Mud.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 35 cm.
Regional Endemism: TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic; Continent only; Continent; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- 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.
- Lane, E. D., Stewart, K. W., 1968., A revision of the genus Hoplunnis Kaup (Apodes, Muraenesocidae), with a description of a new species., Contrib. Mar. Sci., 13:51-64.
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