Species: Nexilosus latifrons, Coquito sergeant, Rusty damselfish
Nexilosus latifrons (Tschudi, 1846)
Coquito sergeant, Rusty damselfish
Body oval, compressed; 1 pair of nostrils; margin of preopercle smooth; margins of bones under eye smooth, without notch between them, lower edge of rearmost of those two bones partly attached to cheek; mouth small, protrusible; teeth in single row, with flattened tips; gill rakers 20-21; a single continuous dorsal fin, XIII, 17; anal rays II, 13; pectoral rays 20-23; no projecting short spines at upper and lower base of tail fin; tail fin bluntly forked; scales are moderately large and rough; most of body scales with small accessory scales; body scaled, head largely scaled, as are the basal parts of the median fins; lateral-line scales 19-21; lateral line incomplete, ends under end of dorsal fin base.
Brown, with darker scale margins; lower head sometimes suffused with pink; an incomplete yellow to orange bar on middle of side; small blue spots on upper head and back; thin blue edging to dorsal, anal and pelvic fins; juveniles dark brown with a blue streak or spot on most scales, blue spots and lines on head, and narrow blue margins on most fins.
Size: attains a maximum length of 30 cm.
Inhabits rocky shores.
Depth: 1-10 m.
The southern Galapagos Islands, northern Peru to northern Chile.
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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
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Omnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Benthic macroalgae/seagrasses
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Sessile crustacea
- Sessile worms
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- TEP non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- All species
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- Peruvian province, primarily
- Residency
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- Resident
- 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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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 30
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 10
