Pseudupeneus grandisquamis
Bigscale Goatfish
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Mullidae (Goatfishes)
Pseudupeneus
Pseudupeneus grandisquamis (Bigscale Goatfish)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: fusiform / normal.
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to Chile; one specimen was caught at the artificially warm outfall at the San Onofre (southern California, USA) nuclear power plant.
Habitat Associations
Marine. demersal. depth range 1-67 m.
Biology
Adults inhabit sandy and muddy bottoms near the coast and in deep waters as well (Ref. 9322).
Max length: 30.0 cm TL.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2007-05-24. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: bycatch.
References
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.
Lucano-Ramírez, G., S. Ruiz-Ramírez and J.A. Rojo-Vázquez (2006) Composición por tallas y ciclo reproductivo de Pseudupeneus grandisquamis (Pisces: Mullidae) en el Pacífico central Mexicano. Rev. Biol. Trop. 54(1):195-207.
Patzner, R.A. (2008) Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p.
Morales-Azpeitia, R., J. López-Martínez, C.H. Rábago-Quiroz and M.O. Nevárez-Martínez (2013) Growth and mortality rates of Pseudupeneus grandisquamis and Urobatis halleri bycatch species in the shrimp fishery. Hidrobiológica 23(3):386-393.
Morales Azpeitia, R., J.L. Martinez, J.R. Romero and J.T.P. Palafox (2011) Distribución, abundancia y patrón reproductivo de Pseudupeneus grandisquamis Gill, 1863 (Perciformes: Mullidae) y Urobatis halleri Cooper, 1863 (Rajiformes: Urolophidae) en el Golfo de Cal. De La Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes 52(3--14).
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