Species: Microlepidotus brevipinnis, Brassy grunt, Short-fin humpback grunt
Microlepidotus brevipinnis (Steindachner, 1869)
Brassy grunt, Short-fin humpback grunt
Body an elongate oval, depth 2.6-2.7 in SL, compressed; chin with 2 pores at front and 2 behind in a deep central hole; preopercle finely serrated to toothed, without large spines; lower gill rakers 16; anal rays III, 12-13, 2nd spine not much larger and thicker than 3rd spine; dorsal fin XIII, 16-17, with a shallow notch between spines and rays; pelvic fins much shorter than pectorals; body scales generally with clusters of small accessory scales at their bases; soft dorsal and anal fins with scales covering membranes between rays; lateral-line scales 60-62.
Silvery grey with brown spot on each scale of back giving impression of dark oblique stripes; dorsal and anal fins dusky yellowish; pelvic and pectoral fins yellowish; caudal fin brown; not red inside mouth.
Size: reaches 38 cm.
Habitat: forms schools in sandy areas around reefs
Depth: usually in 5-30 m.
The mouth of the Gulf of California to Ecuador.
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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
- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Zooplankton
- 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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- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent
- Continent only
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 38
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
