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Click on image to enlarge. www.fao.org Copyright Michel Lamboeuf · 0 Atherinopsis californiensis 2 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features use genus Head and body compressed; mouth small, at front, not extendible, top lip folded down; eye small (<2 snout length); first dorsal VII spines, entire fin before anal fin; second dorsal I,10; anal fin I,5; pectoral short, barely reaching pelvic origin; teeth conical, in 2-3 rows; 30 or more lower rakers on 1st gill arch; 10-12 scales between 2 dorsal fins; scales large, 17 lateral rows. Greenish blue back, stripe on flank grey, operculum bright yellow. Size: 48.6 cm. Habitat: coastal pelagic. Depth: surface. 0-29 m. Temperate NE Pacific; Oregon to southern Baja, also the western Gulf of California. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap). Depth Range Max: 29 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: zooplankton; pelagic fish larvae; pelagic fish eggs. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=40; Southern limit=24; Western limit=-124; Eastern limit=-110; Latitudinal range=16; Longitudinal range=14. Egg Type: Benthic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Planktivore. FishBase Habitat: Pelagic. Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Water column. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 48.6 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; California province, primarily; Continent only; All species. Residency: Vagrant. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Near Surface; Surface; Water column only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References De la Cruz , J. , Galvan , F. , Abitia , L. A. , Rodriguez , J. and Gutierrez, F. J., 1994., Lista sistematica de los peces marinos de Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur (Mexico). Systematic List of marine fishes from Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Sur (Mexico)., Ciencias Marinas, 20:17-31. Eschmeyer , W. N. , Herald , E. S. and Hamman, H., 1983., A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California. Peterson Field Guide Ser. 28., Houghton Mifflin:336pp. 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. 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Ecovision World Monograph Series., Backhuys Publishers:383-398. Girard, C., 1854., Descriptions of new fishes, collected by Dr. A. L. Heermann, naturalist attached to the survey of the Pacific Railroad Route, under Lieut. R. S. Williamson, U. S. A., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 7:129-140. Jordan , D.S. and Evermann, B.W., 1896., The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 47:1-1240. Jordan , D.S. and Gilbert, C.H., 1880., Notes on a collection of fishes from San Diego, California., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 3:23-34. Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp. Osburn , R. C. and Nichols, J. T., 1916., Shore Fishes Collected by the 'Albatross' Expedition in Lower California with Descriptions of New Species., Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 35:139-181. Pondella II, D.J., Gintert, B.E., Cobb, J.R., Allen, L.G., 2005., Biogeography of the nearshore rocky-reef fishes at the southern and Baja California islands., Journal of Biogeography, 32:187-201. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. 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