Species: Ctenosciaena peruviana, Peruvian barbel drum
head large, spongy
D - black margin
Ctenosciaena peruviana Chirichigno, 1969
Peruvian barbel drum
Body oblong, compressed; head large, cavernous, soft to touch; eye large; snout short, pointed; mouth moderately large, opens slightly under snout, slightly oblique; chin with small central, thin, flexible, pore-less barbel, 2 pairs of pores beside barbel; 23-28 gill rakers; preopercle finely serrated, membranous; dorsal XI, 19-22, spiny part high, 4th spine highest, deep notch between 2 parts; anal with II weak spines, 2nd ~ ¾ length of 1st ray, 8-9; pectoral 16-18 rays, reaches past tip of pelvic; tail with a blunt angular point; scales large, rough on body, smooth on head, 35-39 on LL.
Silvery grey; back and sides with large dark blotches; inside opercle black, visible outside; spiny dorsal with wide black border, rest of fins grey.
Size: 16 cm.
Habitat: demersal on sandy and mud bottoms.
Depth: 20-325 m.
Ecuador to northern Peru.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Water column
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Pelagic fish eggs
- Pelagic fish larvae
- Data
- Zooplankton
- Pelagic crustacea
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- TEP non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- Continent
- All species
- Peruvian province, primarily
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily
- Residency
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- Vagrant
- Climate Zone
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- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- 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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- 16
- Depth Range Min
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- 20
- Depth Range Max
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- 325
