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Main identification features head angular deep, compressed blue + black dots dorsal, anal and tail fins : blue Body deep, compressed; head profile angular; dorsal rays VIII+I, 21-24; anal rays II+I,17-20; gill rakers on first arch (excluding rudiments) 5-9 + 17-20; lateral line with pronounced anterior arch; straight part of lateral line with 27-42 strong scutes; breast completely scaled. Head and dorsal half of body brassy, suffused with blue and covered with small blue-black spots (forming at about 20 cm length and increasing in number with size); second dorsal, anal, and caudal fins electric blue; pectoral fins of juveniles yellow. Maximum size to 100 cm; at least 10.8 kg. Habitat: solitary or in small schools near reefs. Juveniles sometimes in estuaries. Depth: 0-230 m. Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Americas; the tip of Baja and the mouth of the Gulf of California to Ecuador and the offshore islands. 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: 230 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs). Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=28; Southern limit=-2; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=30; Longitudinal range=37. 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: Corals; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Water column; Reef (rock &/or coral). Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 100 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; Brackish. Water Column Position: Bottom; Mid Water; Near 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.

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