Species: Serranus huascarii, Flag serrano, Peruvian serrano
Serranus huascarii Steindachner, 1900
Flag serrano, Peruvian serrano
Body elongate, moderately compressed; eye large; preopercle regularly serrated, no spur with enlarged spines, its margin barely convex; mouth large, oblique, lower jaw projecting, mouth ends almost under middle of eye; 12-13 lower gill rakers; dorsal X, 12, spines increase rapidly in length to 4th then decrease in size; anal III, 7, 2nd spine a little longer than 3rd; pelvics inserted before pectoral base; pectoral reaching nearly to anus,13-17; tail concave; scales rough, relatively large, 48 lateral scales.
Upper head and body dark grey-brown; iris yellow-brown; a dark blotch on upper opercle; scales on upper body with dark edges; a series of dark blotches along mid-side, dark blotches on upper back above those extend onto base of dorsal fin; a purple blotch above anus, with a white to pale yellow blotch above and before that; anal fin yellow; pelvics blackish; tail black, with broad white bar in center;
Size: 20 cm.
Habitat: rocky bottoms.
Depth: 80-200 m?
The central Gulf of California to Chile.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 20
- Depth Range Min
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- 80
- Depth Range Max
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- 200
