Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 20 - 120 m (Ref. 9342). Tropical; 35°N -
Eastern Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to northern Chile.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9342)
Third dorsal spine longest, with well-produced filament; middle rays of upper and lower lobes of caudal fin longest (Ref. 40817).
Forms schools (Ref. 9342). Feeds on plankton (Ref. 9342).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chirichigno, N.F., 1974. Clave para identificar los peces marinos del Peru. Inf. Inst. Mar Perú (44):1-387. (Ref. 5530)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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