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Embiotocidae (Surfperches)
Etymology: Hyperprosopon: Greek, hyper = over + Greek, prosopon = face, snout of animal (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad ? - 18 m (Ref. 2850). Subtropical; 52°N - 26°N, 130°W - 113°W
Eastern Pacific: Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada to central Baja California in Mexico, including Guadalupe Island (off northern central Baja California).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2850); edad máxima reportada: 6 años (Ref. 56049)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 8 - 10; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 25 - 28; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 30 - 35; Vértebra: 33 - 37. Dark blue dorsally, sides and belly silvery with young having narrow golden vertical bars; tips of pelvic fins black; dusky on edge of caudal fin (Ref. 6885).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Live in surf on sand beaches and over sand near rocks, often around piers. Often occur in dense schools. Feed on small crustaceans. Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205). Usually bear 5-12 young. An important game species.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205).
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 10.7 - 19, mean 12.8 °C (based on 115 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01905 (0.00827 - 0.04391), b=2.97 (2.77 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.5 ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tm=1; tmax=6).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
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