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Species Information: Calamus brachysomus

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PERCIFORMES - SPARIDAE - CALAMUS - CALAMUS BRACHYSOMUS

forehead profile steep
  		 D: 3rd & 4th spines longest
  		  
Calamus brachysomus
operculum edge: not dark
  		   pectoral passes A origin
  


Calamus brachysomus - Map
Calamus brachysomus Map

Calamus brachysomus - Details
Calamus brachysomus (Lockington, 1880)


Pacific porgy



Body deep, compressed; head deep, upper profile steep & straight; rear nostril elongate to slit-like; preopercle border smooth; mouth small, heavy lower jaw; jaw teeth in 2 rows, conical, enlarged, canine-like at front, molar like at rear; dorsal fin low, XII-XIII,11-13 (usually XII,12), 3rd  or 4th  spine longest; anal rays III, 10-11 (usually 10); pectoral rays 13-16 (usually 15), pectoral long, reaching past origin of anal fin; tail fin forked; snout & under eye scaleless; lateral-line scales 45-52.


Silvery, lips and chin white; axil of pectoral fin blackish.


Size: to 61 cm.

Habitat: usually seen on flat sandy bottoms in clear water.

Depth: 3-80 m.

Baja California to the Gulf of California to Peru, and the Revillagigedos, Galapagos and Malpelo.


Calamus brachysomus - Data
Size
Length Max: 61cm (S)
 
Habitat
 
Depth
Depth Range Min: 3m (S)
Depth Range Max: 80m (S)
 
Range
Paint Data:
  • Habitat(Area):
    		•  276,289.83 sq. km sq km
  • Latitude Limit North:
    		•  32.54
  • Latitude Limit South:
    		•  -12
  • Longtitude Limit West:
    		•  -117.28
  • Longtitude Limit East:
    		•  -76
  • Latitudinal(Range):
    		•  44.5
  • Longitudinal(Range):
    		•  41.28
  • Range Midpoint (lat/long):
    		•  10.27 , -96.64
  • Range Polygon Area:
    		•  5700000 sq km
  • Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):
    		•  9.77, -94.51
     
    Sampling-Point Data:
  • Range Polygon Area :
    		•  5200000 sq km
  • Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):
    		•  10.46, -95.06
     
    Zoogeography
    Global Endemism
  • East Pacific endemic
  • Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
    • Regional Endemism
  • TEP endemic
  • Island (s)
  • Continent
  • Continent + Island (s)
    • Residency
  • Resident
    • 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)
  • South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
    •  
    Feeding
    Feeding Group
  • Carnivore
    • Diet
  • mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
  • mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
  • sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins
    •  
    Habitat
    Salinity
  • Marine
  • Brackish
    • Inshore/Offshore
  • Inshore
  • Inshore Only
    • Water Column Position
  • Bottom
  • Bottom only
    • Habitat
  • Sand & gravel
  • Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
  • Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove)
  • Soft bottom only
    • FishBase Habitat
  • Reef Associated
    •  
    Reproduction
    Egg Type
  • Pelagic
  • Pelagic larva
    •  
    Conservation status
    IUCN Red List
  • Not evaluated / Listed
    • CITES
  • Not listed
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