Species: Pontinus species A, Rosy scorpionfish
LL: broken stripe
Pontinus species A
Rosy scorpionfish
Relatively slender, body compressed; head very bony, with numerous spines, large, deep; nape flat; without pit behind eyes ; eye large (24-29% of head length); uppermost preopercular spine longest; teeth on roof of mouth at sides but not at front; slit present behind last gill arch; 13 gill rakers; dorsal XII, without elongated 2nd or 3rd spines, 9-10 rays, last ray divided at its base, not attached to body; anal III, 5, second spine moderately long; pectoral with longest rays in center, 16-18 rays, all unbranched; scales rough, present on cheek, behind eye and on chest; lateral line complete, scales with tubes.
Reddish, pinkish to white on breast and belly; irregular oblique brown bars on side; a broken brown stripe along lateral line; fins reddish with brown spotting on soft dorsal, caudal and pectorals.
Reaches 30 cm.
Habitat: rocky and rubble bottoms.
Depth: 50-150 m.
Southern Baja and the mouth of the Gulf of California to northern Peru.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Bony fishes
- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- TEP endemic
- All species
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 30
- Depth Range Min
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- 50
- Depth Range Max
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- 150
