Species: Xenichthys agassizii, White salema
uniform color
pectoral long, reaches A
LL 56-60
Xenichthys agassizii Steindachner, 1876
White salema
Elongate, compressed; head conical, compressed; eyes large; chin with 2 pairs of pores, rear pores larger, well separated, not in a hole; mouth short, oblique, lower jaw projecting; teeth minute, in bands on jaws, on roof of mouth; dorsal fin - spiny and soft parts almost separate, XI, I,17-18 rays, soft fin with longer base than spiny fin; tail shallowly forked; anal - III small spines, 17-18 rays, soft part similar in size and form to soft dorsal; lateral-line scales 56-60.
Silvery bluish without distinguishing marks.
Size: to 22 cm.
Habitat: forms schools in rocky shallows.
Depth: 3-20 m.
Galapagos Islands.
High Resolution Map Download
Species Data
Create Report
Export as Word File
Export as Excel File
- Salinity
-
- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
-
- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
-
- Near Bottom
- Mid Water
- Water column only
- Habitat
-
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
-
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
-
- Planktivore
- No Data
- Diet
-
- Pelagic fish larvae
- Zooplankton
- No Data
- Egg Type
-
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
-
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
-
- All species
- Island (s) only
- Galapagos Islands endemic
- Island (s)
- TEP endemic
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Residency
-
- Resident
- Climate Zone
-
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
-
- Vulnerable
- Listed
- CITES
-
- Not listed
- Length Max
-
- 22
- Depth Range Min
-
- 3
- Depth Range Max
-
- 20
