Species: Anisotremus interruptus, Burrito grunt
Anisotremus interruptus (Gill, 1862)
Burrito grunt
Body deep, compressed, back high; head short, blunt; mouth small, low, ~ horizontal, lips fleshy; inside mouth not red; teeth in bands on jaws, outer ones larger, conical, none on center roof of mouth; a pair of conspicuous pores plus a central groove under the chin; preopercle finely serrated; dorsal continuous but deeply notched, 4th spine longest, XII-XIII, 16-17; anal III, 8-9, 2nd spine long and thick; pectoral fins relatively long reaching anal origin; tail forked; scales moderate to large, rough, over entire body and head except front of snout, lips and chin, on membranes between dorsal and anal soft rays; lines of scales above lateral line in oblique rows, front scales notably bigger; lateral-line scales 46-50; 7 scale rows between lateral line and dorsal fin origin.
Overall silvery, sometimes with yellowish sheen; scale centre blackish, imparting a spotted pattern on sides; fins yellowish to greenish brown.
Maximum length, 90 cm.
Habitat: common on inshore rocky reefs.
Depth: 3-30 m.
Central Baja and the Gulf of California to Peru, including all the oceanic islands except Clipperton.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Near Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- Water column
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Data
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- TEP endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Continent + Island (s)
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- 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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- 90
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
