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Overview

Main identification features head large, eyes at top bright red no large spines on operculum, preoperculum Head large; eyes near top; dorsal rays XII,14-16; anal rays IV,10-12; lateral-line scales 39-42; scales above lateral line to base of middle dorsal spines 4; scales very rough to the touch; preoperculum and operculum without large spines; dorsal spines relatively short, the longest about 3.0 in head length. Uniform bright red. Size: grows to 16 cm. Habitat: a seldom seen fish that hides in caves and crevices during the day. Depth: 3-40 m. Widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific; known in the eastern Pacific from Cocos and Clipperton and the Revillagigedos. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo). Depth Range Max: 40 m. Depth Range Min: 3 m. Diet: zooplankton; bony fishes; Pelagic crustacea. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=20; Southern limit=6; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-87; Latitudinal range=14; Longitudinal range=28. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Planktivore. 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; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 16 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s); Island (s) only; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; All species. Residency: Vagrant. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Near Bottom; Bottom + water column;

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References

Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1994., Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific., Crawford House Press Pty Ltd:1-332. Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1997., An Annotated Checklist of the fishes of Clipperton Atoll, Tropical Eastern Pacific., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 45:813-843. Cuvier , G. and Valenciennes, A., 1831., Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes., Histoire Naturelle Des Poissons, 7:1-531. Robertson , D.R. and Allen, G.A., 1996., Zoogeography of the shorefish fauna of Clipperton Atoll., Coral Reefs, 15:121-131. Rosenblatt , R.H. , McCosker , J.E. and Rubinoff, I., 1972., Indo-west Pacific fishes from the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama., Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 234:18pp. Snodgrass , R. E. and Heller, E., 1905., Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos expedition, 1898-1899. XVII. Shorefishes of the Revillagigedo, Clipperton, Cocos and Galapagos Island., Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 6:333-427.

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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