Species: Orthopristis forbesi, Forbe's grunt
Orthopristis forbesi Jordan & Starks in Gilbert, 1897
Forbe's grunt
Body slender (depth 2.8-3.0 in SL), strongly compressed; mouth short, ends before eye, with thin lips; chin with 2 front pores and 2 rear pores in central hole, plus a longitudinal groove; preopercle margin smooth, with vertical margin straight; lower gill rakers 13-14; dorsal fin XII-XIII, 15, without notch between spines and rays; anal fin with long base, III, 11, spines long, 2nd = 3rd; pectoral long, curved, pointed; tail forked; body scales without small accessory scales; 9-10 scale rows between lateral line and dorsal origin; soft dorsal and anal scaleless; lateral line 80-85 scales.
Silvery grey, sometimes with narrow orange stripes corresponding with scale rows on sides; opercular membrane dark.
Size: attains at least 36 cm.
Habitat: forms schools in sandy areas near rocky reefs.
Depth: 3-30 m.
Galapagos Islands.
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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
- Near Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- No Data
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- TEP endemic
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- Galapagos Islands endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 36
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 30
