Species: Paralabrax albomaculatus, Camotillo sand-bass, White-spotted sand-bass
Paralabrax albomaculatus (Jenyns, 1840)
White-spotted sand-bass, Camotillo sand-bass
Body elongate, compressed; head pointed; mouth large; rear of top jaw exposed when mouth closed, without accessory bone above it; teeth fixed; roof of mouth with teeth on sides and center; gill rakers 11+20; preopercle finely serrated; dorsal X, 14, third spine greatly elevated, about three times longer than second; anal rays III, 7; pectoral 16-17; pelvics inserted under or slightly behind pectoral base; tail rounded to concave, 13-15 branched rays; scales small, rough; lateral line scales 85 (58 with tubes); rear of top jawbone without scales.
Light brown on upper two-thirds, white below; about 6-10 large white blotches on upper half of side, and smaller, irregular dark brown spots in surrounding areas, sometimes a whitish line from upper corner of operculum to middle of base of tail fin; tail fin white basally with dark brown bar across middle portion and broad yellowish rear margin.
Size: grows to at least 52 cm.
Inhabits rocky reefs and nearby sand patches.
Depth: 10-75 m.
Galapagos Islands.
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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)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Submerged vegetation
- Sand & gravel
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef and soft bottom
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Bony fishes
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Island (s) only
- TEP endemic
- Galapagos Islands endemic
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Endangered
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 52
- Depth Range Min
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- 10
- Depth Range Max
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- 75
