Main identification features
- elongate; head low, conical
- blue-grey + fins and opercle margin dark
- d:x-xi
- preopercle smooth
- a: ii, 2nd spine short, 9-10
Elongate; snout large, conical, projects beyond mouth; no barbels or pores on chin; edge of preopercle smooth; eye small; mouth large, slightly oblique, ends under eye; teeth in broad bands, outer teeth on top jaw enlarged and spaced out, slightly enlarged teeth mixed with small ones on lower jaw; 19-23 short rakers on first gill arch; dorsal fin X-XI, 21-24, 4th spine longest, soft dorsal with slightly convex border; anal with short base, concave rear edge, II,9-10, 2nd spine + 1/2 length 1st ray; pectoral fin long, reaches past tip of pelvic, 18-19 rays; tail slightly concave, pointed tips; scales rough, relatively large, 57-62 in lateral series, 5-6 rows between lateral line and dorsal origin.
Blue grey above, darkest on top of head and nape, shading to silvery on belly and throat; may have dark streaks along scale rows; dorsal, tail, anal fins dark grey; pectoral fins and base dark grey, axil black; pelvics whitish; rear margin of operculum above pectoral base blackish.
Size: 49 cm.
Habitat: soft bottoms.
Depth: 5-50 m?.
Ecuador to Chile.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo); South Temperate (Peruvian Province ).
Depth Range Max: 50 m.
Depth Range Min: 5 m.
Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=-3; Southern limit=-9; Western limit=-82; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=6; Longitudinal range=3.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Demersal.
Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Mud; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Sand & gravel.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 49 cm.
Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Peruvian province, primarily; All species.
Residency: Vagrant.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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