Main identification features
- elongate; pointed head
- gris, bordes preopérculo y opérculo negros
- dorsal fin and a: end in filaments
- c: very forked
Elongate, fusiform body; head pointed; flattened between eyes; teeth minute, no canines; no teeth on roof of mouth; mouth not protractile, large, lower jaw projecting; tail deeply forked with pointed tips; dorsal and anal scaleless, last rays filamentous; dorsal X, 10-11; anal III,8; pectoral long, 15-16 rays; lateral line scales 65-75.
Purplish-brown above, blue-grey below, a silver sheen over body; edges of preopercle and opercle black.
Size: 70 cm.
Habitat: inshore rocky and coral reefs.
Depth: 5-70 m.
Indo-Pacific; resident at Cocos in the eastern Pacific.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 70 m.
Depth Range Min: 5 m.
Diet: zooplankton; Pelagic crustacea; bony fishes; pelagic fish larvae.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=6; Southern limit=6; Western limit=-88; Eastern limit=-87; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=1.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: All Pacific (West + Central + East); Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); 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: 70 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s) only; Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Bottom; Water column only;
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