Species: Diplectrum sciurus, Gulf sand-perch, Gulf squirrelfish, Squirrel sand-perch
D 2-3 rows yellow spots
Diplectrum sciurus Gilbert, 1892
Squirrel sand-perch, Gulf sand-perch, Gulf squirrelfish
Body elongate, slender, moderately compressed; width of upper jawbone > width between eye and that bone; angle of preopercle a deep, square bony spur with 5-10 large spines, that spur wider than remainder of preopercular margin above; gill rakers 32-41 ; dorsal fairly low, X, 11-13; pelvics under or a little before pectorals; anal III,7-8; tail base slender (~ 10% of SL); tail concave; scales moderately small, rough; snout and between eyes scaleless; 47-52 lateral line scales, 12-17 vertical rows scales on cheek.
Greybrown, body with 2 dark stripes and 8-10 dark bars; inside operculum not black; spiny dorsal grey with 3 rows yellow spots, joining 2 rows of yellow spots on soft fin; dark blotch at tail base; tail dark with irregular small yellow spots.
Size: 17 cm.
Habitat: fine sand bottom.
Depth: 25-100 m.
Southern Baja and the western and the Gulf of California.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- 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
- Mud
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Pelagic fish eggs
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Pelagic fish larvae
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Cortez province endemic
- Continent only
- Continental TEP endemic
- Continent
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 17
- Depth Range Min
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- 25
- Depth Range Max
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- 100
