Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system: Species Data Report

Wed 07th Jun, 2023 11:00 am

Species - Menticirrhus elongatus
Habitat
Salinity
 
Marine
Brackish
Inshore/Offshore
 
Inshore
Inshore Only
Water Column Position
 
Bottom
Bottom only
Habitat
 
Estuary
Beach
Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
Soft bottom only
Sand & gravel
FishBase Habitat
 
Demersal
Feeding
Feeding Group
 
Data
Carnivore
Diet
 
Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
Mobile benthic worms
Data
Reproduction
Egg Type
 
No data
Pelagic
Pelagic larva
Zoogeography
Global Endemism
 
East Pacific endemic
Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
All species
Regional Endemism
 
Continental TEP endemic
All species
Continent only
Continent
3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
TEP endemic
Residency
 
Resident
Climate Zone
 
North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
Conservation status
IUCN Red List
 
Listed
Least concern
CITES
 
Not listed
Size
Length Max
 
47
Depth
Depth Range Min
 
1
Depth Range Max
 
70

Range
Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites
Based on paint data
Latitude Limit N31.669
Latitude Limit S-4.4722
Longitude Limit W-115.7598
Longitude Limit E-77.706
Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)36.1412
Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)-38.0538
Range Midpoint (lat/long)13.5984, -96.7329
Range Polygon Area: Km215,572,001 sq km
Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)15.7351, -97.1349
Habitat Area237,924 sq km
Based on point data
Sampling-Point Count :49
Range Polygon Area: Km2:14,797,228 sq km
Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):12.945,-95.25585
Points
#LatLong
1-5.15-81.13
2-5.1-81.1
3-5.09-81.11
4-5.08-81.11
5-5.07-81.12
6-5-81
7-4.25-81.27
8-4.25-81.25
9-3-80.5
101.62-79.04
112.85-78.04
122.99-78.21
133.67-77.2
143.983-77.317
154.57-77.33
166.33-77.43
178.11-78.41
189.12-83.73
199.14-83.73
209.66-84.67
219.75-84.83
229.78-84.7
239.91-84.78
249.97-84.94
2510.06-84.97
2615.98-94.64
2716.61-99.1
2816.83-99.88
2916.85-99.92
3017.62-101.58
3117.93-102.07
3217.95-102.08
3320.6-105.28
3420.63-105.38
3520.64-105.27
3620.65-105.2
3722.28-105.53
3822.9-106
3923.18-106.43
4023.22-106.42
4123.65-106.82
4224-108
4324.38-107.71
4424.53-107.83
4526.78-113.3117
4627.45-110.58
4727.96-112.76
4828-112
4931.04-113.08
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