Species: Cilus gilberti, Corvina drum
eye large
C concave
no canines
Cilus gilberti (Abbott, 1899)
Corvina drum
Body elongated, compressed, dorsal profile gently convex at nape, nearly straight over head and snout, with long tail base; head long, compressed; snout moderately long, conical; eye large (17% of head length); mouth large, oblique, opens at front; teeth in 2-3 series, without canines; chin with a pair of pores on each side and a hole in center, without barbels; gill rakers short, 22-29 preoperculum weakly serrated; dorsal fin VIII-IX, I, 21-23, spines long, slender, with deep notch between spiny and soft parts; anal fin II, 8-10, 2nd spine slender, about 2/3 length of longest ray; pectoral 16-18, moderately long ( reaching to tip of pelvic), pointed; pelvics inserted a little behind base of pectoral, without a filament; tail concave; scales smooth on body, rough on head; 72-76 scales on lateral line, 8 rows between lateral line and 1st dorsal spine; lateral line slightly arched at front, curving down to mid-body at level of anal fin origin.
Blue-grey above, silver below; faint lines along scale rows; lining of gill cavity dark; inner base of pectoral dark, inner ¼ of fin dark grey, outer ¾ yellow; dorsal grey; tail dark grey, lower border broadly yellow; anal yellow; pelvics pale yellow.
Size: reaches 75 cm.
Habitat: soft bottoms.
Dept: 5-50 m?.
Northern Peru to Chile, plus the Galapagos.
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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 only
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- TEP non-endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Peruvian province, primarily
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily
- Continent
- 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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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 75
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 50
