Species: Semicossyphus darwini, Galapagos sheephead, Pacific red sheephead
yellow patch over pectoral
chin white
Semicossyphus darwini (Jenyns, 1842)
Pacific red sheephead, Galapagos sheephead
Body robust; head bluntly pointed; large males develop hump on forehead and expanded chin; 2 pairs of enlarged, curved canines at front of each jaw; rear of upper jaw with moderately enlarged canine on each side; dorsal fin with XII spines, 10 rays; anal rays III, 11 or 12; pectoral rays 18; lateral line complete, smoothly arched; scales relatively small, 53-56 on lateral line, those on head reaching only to rear of eyes.
IP: red with white chin; may have a faint yellow patch just behind head and black spot at front of dorsal fin; TP: bluish grey to blackish; chin white; a large yellow to orange patch on flank behind head.
Maximum size to about 70 cm.
Habitat: found along rocky shores of the cooler southern and western regions of the Galapagos.
Depth: 3-100 m.
Peru to northern Chile, and Galapagos Islands.
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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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- 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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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Sessile molluscs
- Sessile crustacea
- Sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- TEP non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Island (s)
- Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily
- All species
- Continent
- Peruvian province, primarily
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 70
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 100
