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Oplegnathus insignis (Kner, 1867)

Pacific beakfish
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Peru country information

Common names: Loro
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Chirichigno, N.F., 1974
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Oplegnathidae (Knifejaws)
Etymology: Oplegnathus: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Kner.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

Θαλασσινό(ά) Υφαλόφιλο(α); εύρος βάθους 3 - 30 m (Ref. 55763).   Tropical

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Eastern Pacific: Paita, Peru to Antofagasta, Chile, including the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 5530).

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 66.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 55763); common length : 30.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 55763); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 1.6 kg (Ref. 53696)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Usually solitary. Constantly swims over rocky reefs, boulder strewn slopes and along walls. Occurs more commonly in shallow water (Ref. 5227). Feeds on algae and invertebrates (Ref. 28023).

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Merlen, G., 1988. A field guide to the fishes of Galapagos. Wilmot Books, London, England 60 p. (Ref. 5590)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 24 May 2007

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 18.5 - 24.8, mean 21 (based on 150 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 120179):  Χαμηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 4,5 - 14 έτη (tmax assumed to be > 10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).