© Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Nomeus gronovii Click on map for details about points. IDnature guides Checklist Australia Vertebrata Fish Fish species NCSM SFTEP 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. Australian Faunal Directory FishBase 1 thumbnail  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features elongate d: origin behind pectoral base scales before eyes tongue: without teeth pelvic origin before/under pectoral base juveniles: pelvics very large Man-of-war fish Dorsal rays IX-XII + I, 24-28, origin of 1st dorsal behind pectoral base; anal rays I or II, 24-29; pectoral rays 19-24; pelvic fins of juvenile greatly enlarged, origin under or before pectoral base; gill rakers on first arch 8 + 15 -19; scales on head to before eye; body elongate; tongue without teeth. Juveniles silvery with black bars and spots, pelvic fins black with white blotches; adults uniformly dark brown. Size: reaches 40 cm. Inhabits surface layers of the high seas; young are associated with drifting Man-of-War siphonophores (Physalia). Depth: 0-20 m. Worldwide in warm temperate and tropical seas. The tip of Baja California to the eastern Gulf of California to Peruand the oceanic islands. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); 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: 20 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: pelagic jellyfish/ctenophores. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=29; Southern limit=-4; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-78; Latitudinal range=33; Longitudinal range=37. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans); East Pacific + Atlantic (East +/or West); Transisthmian (East Pacific + Atlantic of Central America); East Pacific + all Atlantic (East+West); All Pacific (West + Central + East); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species. Habitat: Jellyfish; Water column. Inshore Offshore: Offshore; Offshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 40 cm. Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Mid Water; Near Surface; Surface; Water column only; Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Ahlstrom , E. H. , Butler , J. L..and Sumida, B. Y., 1976., Pelagic stromateoid fishes (Pisces, Perciformes) of the eastern Pacific: Kinds, distributions and early life histories and observations on five of these from the northwest Atlantic., Bull. Mar. Sci., 26:285-402. Allen , G.R. and Robertson, D.R., 1994., Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific., Crawford House Press Pty Ltd:1-332. 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Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae, 1788-93., Systema Naturae Linné, 1:1033-1516. Grove , J.S. and Lavenberg, R. J., 1997., The fishes of the Galápagos islands., Stanford University Press:863 pp. Kendall , W.C. and Radcliffe, L., 1912., The shore fishes. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, ... by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer ALBATROSS, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garret, U.S.N., Commanding. XXV., Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 35(3):75-171. 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. Meek , S.E. and Hildebrand, S.F., 1925., The marine fishes of Panama. Part II., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. Publ., XV:331-707. Van der Heiden , A. M. and Findley, L. T., 1988., Lista de los peces marinos del sur de Sinaloa, México., Anales del Centro de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia de la Universidad Autonoma Nacional de Mexico, 15:209-224. 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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