Fishes of the Tropical Eastern PacificThis book contains a long-overdue treatment of the marine fish fauna of the region extending from the central Gulf of California, southward to Ecuador, including the offshore Revillagigedos, Cocos, and Galapagos island groups. Lavishly illustrated, it includes coverage of 680 species. |
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Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific Gerald Robert Allen,D. R. Robertson No preview available - 1994 |
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adults anal fins anal rays arch Baja California barbels bars on side black spot blackish BLENNY blotches bluish body depth bottoms brownish California to Panama California to Peru canines caudal fin caudal peduncle cirri dark brown disc dorsal and anal dorsal fin Dorsal rays dorsal spines eastern Pacific elongate estuaries fin base finlets fins dusky fishes genera gill cover gill opening gill rakers GOBY gray Gulf of California head length inhabits rocky reefs Isla Jordan & Gilbert juveniles lateral line lateral-line scales lower jaw lower limb males margin of preopercle midlateral mouth nostril oblique opercle pair pale pectoral fins pectoral rays pelvic fins Plate posterior rakers on lower Reaches sand scale rows scaleless seas second dorsal fin shallow sharks slightly snout soft dorsal soft rays species standard length Steindachner stripe tail teeth toral rays tropical upper jaw usually ventral whitish yellow yellowish