| Citation | González-Acosta, A.F., P. Béarez, N. Álvarez-Pliego, J. De La Cruz-Agüero and J.L. Castro-Aguirre, 2007, On the taxonomic status of Diapterus peruvianus (Cuvier, 1830) and reinstatement of Diapterus brevirostris (Sauvage, 1879) (Teleostei: Gerreidae).. Cybium 31(3):369-377. |
| Ref. | 75986 González-Acosta, A.F., P. Béarez, N. Álvarez-Pliego, J. De La Cruz-Agüero and J.L. Castro-Aguirre, 2007 |
| Page | 370;fig.1A-B |
| Named Used as Valid | Diapterus brevirostris |
| Comment | max length; habitat; food; |
| Locality | Rio Guayas, Ecuador. |
| Distribution | Eastern Pacific, tropical, western coast of Baja California (Bahia Magdalena), including Gulf of California, south to nothern Peru. |
| Quote | 38 cm TL; bays, estuaries, coastal lagoons bordered by mangroves, over sandy or muddy bottoms; usually continental waters; carnivorous; reported consumption: benthic organisms of copepods, ostracods, foraminifera, sponges, polychaetes, and molluscs, fishes, aquatic vegetation; |