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Main identification features
- crisscross lines along scale rows
- dorsal fin and a: black margins
- pelvic less than pectoral
Elongate, compressed; head compressed, top profile convex, length 22% of standard length; snout with blunt process, not overhanging mouth; eye ~24% of head length; no flaps under nostrils; 4-8 rakers on lower limb of first gill arch; dorsal and anal fins continuous with tail; pectorals long (1.7-2.1 in head), equal to or slightly longer than pelvics, 20-23 rays; dorsal 124-153 rays; anal 99-126 rays; scales often at right angles, small, non-overlapping, none on head or fins; lateral line high on body, incomplete.
Plain brownish to olive above, paler below, with dark lines along scales producing crisscross pattern; dorsal and anal fin pale with blackish margins, other fins pale; inside mouth and gill chamber dark; no dark spot on chin.
Size: reaches 28 cm.
Habitat: benthic on sand and mud bottoms ; probably nocturnally active.
Depth: 1-110 m.
California to southern Baja 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: 110 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=38; Southern limit=24; Western limit=-122; Eastern limit=-111; Latitudinal range=14; Longitudinal range=11.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 28 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; California province, primarily; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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