| Family: |
Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets) |
| Max. size: |
60 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 1 - 12 m |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Pacific: Ecuador to southern Peru. Also in the Eastern Central Pacific (Ref. 9342). |
| Diagnosis: |
Body elongate, not very deep, and little compressed; upper jaw lacking supramaxilla; teeth firmly placed; not folding back; lower branch of first gill arch with 12 to 15 gill rakers; 3 or 4 dorsal fin spines prolonged and filamentous; pelvic fins inserted slightly behind pectoral fins; anal fin with 7 soft rays; back light brown; belly pale; pectoral fins and prolonged dorsal spines reddish brown (Ref. 55763). |
| Biology: |
Found in mangrove areas as well as shallow inlets and bays (Ref. 5227). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 21 May 2007 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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