Orthopristis chrysoptera

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• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Family Haemulidae

Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. Chiefly marine , some brackish , rarely freshwater . Dorsal fin continuous, 9-14 spines, 11-26 soft rays . Anal fin 3 spines, 6-18 soft rays. Small mouth with thick lips . Usually cardiform jaw teeth, with vomer generally toothless. Usually with enlarged chin pores . Branchiostegal rays 7. Vertebrae 26 or 27 (10 or 11 + 16). Adults are typically inactive during day when they shelter near or under ledges; they disperse to feed on benthic invertebrates at night. Pelagic spawners. Juveniles are popular in home aquaria , but adults require a large tank . Maximum length about 60 cm. Important food fishes .The family Haemulidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 17 genera and 150 species. It may be found in Marine, Brackish, and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is carangiform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, haimaleos = bloody

Physical Description

Habitat

Inhabits coastal waters , over sand and mud bottoms . Forms schools. Mainly nocturnal and non-burrowing.

Typically found in water with a depth of -4,699 to 0 meters (-15,417 to 0 feet).[1]

Biome: Brackish water, saltwater . Demersal .

Biology

Diet

Feeds on crustaceans and smaller fishes .

Migration

Undergoes seasonal migration as well as local nocturnal-diurnal foraging migrations[2].

Sound types : grunts . Sound organ: pharyngeal teeth and swim bladder (similar to Haemulon album).

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Labrus fulvomaculatus Mitchill, 1815
2. Orthopristis chrysopterus (Linnaeus, 1766)
3. Orthopristis duplex Girard, 1858
4. Orthopristis fulvomaculatus Mitchill, 1815
5. Perca chrysoptera Linnaeus, 1766
6. Pomadasys fulvomaculatus (Mitchill, 1815)
7. Pristipoma fasciatum Cuvier, 1830
8. Pristipoma fulvomaculatum (Mitchill, 1815)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Orthopristis

There are approximately 25 species in this genus:

O. agassii · O. albemarlius or forbesi · O. bennetti · O. brevipinnis · O. cantharinus (Sheephead Grunt) · O. chalceus (Humpback Grunt) · O. chrysoptera (Sailor's Choice) · O. chrysopterus · O. chrysoura · O. duplex · O. flavilineatus · O. forbesi · O. fulvamaculatum · O. fulvomaculatus · O. helena · O. inornatus · O. lethopristis (Scalyfin Grunt) · O. obtusus · O. plumieri · O. poeyi (Corocoro Cubano) · O. reddingi (Bronze-Streaked Cardinalfish) · O. reddingiin (Bronze-Striped Grunt) · O. rhabdotus · O. ruber (Corocoro Queche) · O. scapularis

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Further Reading

• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Claro, R. (1994). Caracter and iacute;sticas generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecolog and iacute;a de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanolog and iacute;a Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo.
• Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds. 2001. Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. 21-57. ISBN: 1-56098-985-8.
• Darcy, G.H. (1983). Synopsis of biological data on the pigfish, Orthopristis chrysoptera (Pisces: Haemulidae). FAO Fish. Synop. (134); NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. (449).
• Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico estuaries / project team, David M. Nelson (editor) [et al.]. Rockville, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, [1992]-[1997] ENG url p. 331, p. 68.
• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. ENG url p. 45, p. 55, p. 55.
• Fish, M.P. and W.H. Mowbray (1970). Sounds of Western North Atlantic fishes. A reference file of biological underwater sounds. The John Hopkins Press, Baltimor.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: ENG url p. 185, p. 188, p. 190, p. 193, p. 341, p. 349, p. 393, p. 395, p. 399, p. 400, p. 414, p. 451, p. 839, p. 842, p. 844, p. 847, p. 852, p. 853, p. 945.
• Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. ENG url p. 22.
• Hodgkinson-Clarke, F. (1994). The construction and operation of artisanal gillnets in Trinidad. Fish. Occas. Pap. Ser. (3):49 p.
• Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick 1997. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xi + 324. ISBN: 1-56098-638-7.
• NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; ENG url p. 10.
• Our living oceans: report on the status of U.S. living marine resources, 1999. [Washington, D.C.?]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, [1999] ENG url p. 289.
• Our living oceans: the first annual report on the status of U.S. living marine resources. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1991. ENG url p. 118.
• Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
• Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.
• Shiino, Sueo M. 1976. List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. Shima Marineland. Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan. 262.
• Smith, C.L. (1997). National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p.

Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: A Biological Survey of the Waters of Woods Hole and Vacinity
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NOAA HML Tidal Creek Database
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2498141
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22701
• Fishbase Species ID: 5
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13625845
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 169077
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCQF01010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 119015

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,919.410 meters (6,297.277 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,854.570 based on 64 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Darcy, G.H. (1983). Synopsis of biological data on the pigfish, Orthopristis chrysoptera (Pisces: Haemulidae). FAO Fish. Synop. (134); NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS Circ. (449). [back]

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