Species: Chloroscombrus orqueta, Pacific bumper
lower profile very convex
Chloroscombrus orqueta Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
Pacific bumper
Head & body a deep, strongly compressed oval; lower body profile strongly convex, more so than upper profile; pectoral longer than head, curved; dorsal rays VIII+I, 25-28; anal rays II+I, 25-28; no finlets after dorsal and anal fins; lateral line with a pronounced, short anterior arch; 6-12 very weak scutes on tail base; scales small, over most of body.
Body and head dark metallic blue above, silver on sides; a black spot in the upper border of the operculum; a black saddle on the upper part of the tail base; tail yellow.
Size: reaches 31 cm.
Habitat: pelagic, forms schools in shallow coastal seas, also enters estuaries.
Depth: 0-53 m.
Southern California to the Gulf of California to Peru, vagrants to the Revillagigedos, Galapagos and Malpelo.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Surface
- Water column only
- Near Surface
- Habitat
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- Mangrove
- Water column
- Freshwater
- Estuary
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Pelagic fish larvae
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Pelagic crustacea
- Zooplankton
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Island (s)
- All species
- TEP endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- 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)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 31
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 53
