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

Mon 02nd Oct, 2023 08:08 am

Species - Scartichthys gigas
Habitat
Salinity
 
Marine
Marine Only
Inshore/Offshore
 
Inshore Only
Inshore
Water Column Position
 
Bottom
Bottom only
Habitat
 
Rocks
Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
Reef only
FishBase Habitat
 
Demersal
Feeding
Feeding Group
 
Data
Omnivore
Diet
 
Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
Benthic microalgae
Data
Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
Reproduction
Egg Type
 
Benthic
No data
Pelagic larva
Zoogeography
Global Endemism
 
All species
TEP non-endemic
East Pacific endemic
Regional Endemism
 
Continent only
Continent
Peruvian province, primarily
All species
Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily
Residency
 
Vagrant
Climate Zone
 
Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
Conservation status
IUCN Red List
 
Least concern
Listed
CITES
 
Not listed
Size
Length Max
 
27
Depth
Depth Range Min
 
0
Depth Range Max
 
10

Range
Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites
Based on paint data
Latitude Limit N8.9757
Latitude Limit S-7.8342
Longitude Limit W-81.3302
Longitude Limit E-77.706
Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)16.8099
Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)-3.6242
Range Midpoint (lat/long)0.5707, -79.5181
Range Polygon Area: Km2689,797 sq km
Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)0.8509, -79.7597
Habitat Area19,839 sq km
Based on point data
Sampling-Point Count :15
Range Polygon Area: Km2:674,087 sq km
Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):-0.55,-80.075
Points
#LatLong
1-10-79
2-9.27-78.5
3-8.55-78.95
4-7.8-79.52
5-6.95-80.7
6-6.93-80.73
7-6.93-80.71
8-6.92-80.7
9-6.9-80.7
10-5.08-81.12
11-4.63-81.65
12-4.58-81.28
13-4.25-81.25
14-2.21-79.9
158.9-79.5669
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