Species: Cynoscion praedatorius, Boccone weakfish
ridge along snout
bulging lower jaw
D2 & A fully scaled
Cynoscion praedatorius (Jordan & Gilbert, 1889)
Boccone weakfish
Elongate, fusiform, compressed, oval cross-section; head deep, long (~ 27% of SL); ridge down front of snout; mouth strongly oblique, lower jaw very prominent, bulging; front of top jaws with 1 pair of large pointed canines; no barbels or pores on chin; 9 lower gill rakers; margin of preopercle smooth; dorsal with long base, a small gap separating the two parts, IX-X + I, 18-21; anal II, 9; pectoral fins slightly longer than pelvics; rear margin of tail with blunt point; all scales smooth, small, 60-65 scales on lateral line, these larger than adjacent rows and with small accessory scales; soft dorsal and anal fins entirely scaly.
Blue-grey above, silvery with orange-yellow tint below; spiny dorsal clear; soft dorsal and anal grey, with orange tint; tail dark grey; pelvics pale grey; pectorals orange grey upper 1/3, grey with orange tint below; iris with orange tint; inside mouth orange-yellow; tip of lower jaw dark.
Size: 120 cm.
Habitat: coastal, marine.
Depth: 5-50 m.
Costa Rica 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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- Near Bottom
- Water column only
- Mid Water
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Panamic province endemic
- Continent
- Continent only
- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP 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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- 120
- Depth Range Min
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- 5
- Depth Range Max
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- 50
