Species: Pristigenys serrula, Popeye catalufa
Pristigenys serrula (Gilbert, 1891)
Popeye catalufa
Body deep, robust, broadly oval, thick; a large, upturned, oblique mouth with a projecting lower jaw; gill rakers 23- 25; no spines on the head; preopercle without spine in adults; fin spines with tiny spines; dorsal fin X (middle spines longest), 11-12 (usually 11),center spines longest; anal III, 10-11; pectoral 17-18; tail rounded; pelvics rounded, ~equal to head length, inserted under pectoral base, broadly fused to belly; scales large, very rough, extremely so on head, present on rear of preopercle, large on body (45-51 on lateral line); 11-13 rows above lateral line,
Dark silvery red, including fins and iris of eye; outer part of pelvic fins blackish; young specimens with several faint pale bars on sides.
Size: grows to 33 cm.
Inhabits rocky bottoms.
Depth: 3-250 m.
Central California to Chile, including the central and southern Gulf of California, the Galapagos, Cocos and Revillagigedos.
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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 + water column
- Mid Water
- Near Bottom
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Water column
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Pelagic crustacea
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- 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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- 33
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 250
