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Click on images to enlarge. © Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12 Paraletharchus pacificus © Copyright Gerald Allen, 2006 · 0 Paraletharchus pacificus 3 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features head: white + brown spots body dark, belly white dorsal fin white no a Tail tip a hard and finless point; body moderately elongate and laterally compressed; snout short, rounded at tip; eye relatively large: diameter = 1/2 length of lower jaw, 5.4-7.1% of head length; dorsal fin moderately developed, originating well forward on head, a short distance behind level of rear corner of mouth; pectoral and anal fins absent; anterior nostrils tubular; gill openings entirely under body, each with a pronounced pouch in front. Head whitish with brown spots; remainder of body dark brown, nearly blackish except white ventrally and also with white dorsal fin. Size: to 81 cm. Habitat: sandy bottoms. Depth: 0-35 m. Central Gulf of California to Panama, Isla del Coco & (possibly) Malpelo. 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: 35 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=27; Southern limit=4; Western limit=-112; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=23; Longitudinal range=33. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Sand & gravel; Soft bottom only; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove). Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 81 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); TEP endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References 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. Projecto de la Macrofauna del Golfo .  Derechos reservados de los autores y Conservación Internacional. 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. Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26. 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. McCosker, J.E., 1974., A revision of the ophichthid eel genus Letharchus., Copeia, 1974:619-629. 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. Schultz , L.P. and Barton, O., 1960., A redescription of Letharchus pacificus, a snake eel from the eastern Pacific ocean., Copeia, 1960:351-353. Villareal-Cavazos, A., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Bermúdez-Almada, B. and Arizpe-Covarrubias, O., 2000., Los peces del arrecife de Cabo Pulmo, Golfo de California, México: Lista sistemática y aspectos de abundancia y biogeografía., Rev. Biol. Trop., 48:413-424. 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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