Shorefishes - Gallery

large white spots: flank ~ 6, back 2

C: 3 bars - white, dark, orange

Paralabrax albomaculatus, White-spotted sand-bass, Camotillo sand-bass

head, body & fins: dense orange spots

D: 3rd spine > 3 times 2nd

back: 2-3 thin pale stripes

Paralabrax auroguttatus, Goldspotted sand-bass, Gold-spotted sand-bass

13-14 gill rakers

head & upper body: lines orange spots

D: 3rd spine ~ twice 2nd, soft part - convex end

Paralabrax callaensis, Southern rock-bass, Callao sea-bass

pectoral long, yellow

A: spines white

forehead: yellow spots
side head - 3 bars
back: 2 rows rectangular white blotches

D spines: 3rd & 4th = twice 2nd

orange spots head to tail
oblique bar under eye
back - pale oval blotch

D: 3rd spine twice 2nd; end soft part convex

Paralabrax humeralis, Peruvian rock-bass

pectoral 17-19, straight lower margin

head: orange spots & lines
tail base & fins: orange & brown spots
body - ~ 7 long bars

D: 3rd spine 3 times 2nd

Paralabrax loro, Parrot rock-bass, Parrot sand-bass

lower gill rakers 17

head, body & fins - dense dark spots
oblique bar - eye to lower corner operculum

~ 6 indistinct bars on body
spots form dark lines on lower body

D: 3rd spine 3 times 2nd

lower gill rakers 13-15

body: dark blotches & faint dark bars
dark oblique bar: eye to operculum

D: 3rd spine > twice 2nd