|
| Links |
We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use.
- FishBase
|
|
español |
|
|
Overview |
Main identification features
- initial phase : tan + 2 pale stripes
- terminal phase : tan + 2 yellow lines and dark blue line
Dorsal rays IX, 12; anal rays III,12; pectoral rays 12; lateral line with 26-27 pored scales; jaw teeth caniniform; a pair of enlarged, curved canines at front of upper jaw and 2 pairs at front of lower jaw; rear of upper jaw without enlarged canines.
Initial phase greenish brown on back and whitish on lower two-thirds of side; a brown to greenish zigzag stripe from pectoral base to lower caudal base and similar, but darker stripe on upper edge of whitish area from rear margin of eye to upper caudal base; also a thin dark stripe along base of dorsal fin; snout yellowish; fins mainly translucent; terminal phase is more colourful with a yellow stripe passing below the eye and continued midlaterally to the caudal base; other markings are similar to the initial phase except the stripe extending back from the eye is bright blue and the ventral portion of the body is reddish; median fins pinkish to translucent, tail yellowish.
Size: attains at least 8 cm.
Inhabits shallow reefs.
Depth: 5-20 m.
In our region known only from the Revillagigedos; may also be present at Alijos Rocks and Guadalupe Island, off the coast of central Baja.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos).
Depth Range Max: 20 m.
Depth Range Min: 5 m.
Diet: mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=20; Southern limit=19; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-111; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=4.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Sand & gravel; Rocks; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef and soft bottom.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 8 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Island (s) only; TEP endemic; TEP oceanic island (s) endemic; Revillagigedos Islands endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
|
|
|
Names | |
|
|
|
Links to other sites | |
|
|
|
References |
- Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1992., Deux nouvelles especes de Girelles (Labridae: Halichoeres) du Pacifique oriental tropical., Revue Francaise de Aquariologie, 19:47-52.
- Castro-Aguirre, J.L. and Balart, E.F., 2002., La ictiofauna de las islas Revillagigedos y sus relaciones zoogeograficas, con comentarios acerca de su origen y evolucion. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:153-170.
- Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen III. Vertebrados - Parte 2., FAO3:1201-1813.
- Victor, B. C. and Wellington, G. M., 2000., Endemism and the pelagic larval duration of reef fishes in the eastern Pacific Ocean., Marine Ecology Progress Series, 205:241-248.
|
|
|
Acknowledgements | |
I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
|
|
| Supported by | |
|
Following modified from FishBase
|
Top | See original
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Halichoeres&speciesname=insularis ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Halichoeres&speciesname=insularis
http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Halichoeres&speciesname=insularis ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Halichoeres&speciesname=insularis
https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Halichoeres&speciesname=insularis ---> https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Halichoeres-insularis.html
https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Halichoeres-insularis.html ---> https://fishbase.net.br/error/mysqlerr.php?db=fbapp_qry
Sorry.
MySQL database is down at the moment.
Please try using the other FishBase mirror sites.
|
Updated: 2024-04-26 05:04:30 gmt
|
