Cymatogaster aggregata

(Gibbons, 1854)

Vernacular names
English : Shiner perch
French : Perche brillante

Classification
Class : Teleostei
Order : Ovalentaria i. s. (sometimes still Perciformes)
Family : Embiotocidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can reach 20,3 cm long. Laterally compressed body with small head and oval body shape. Coloration whitish-beige with rows of black dots on flank scales. Fading vertical golden-yellow bands from gill coverts to tail peduncle.

Range and habitat
The species is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from Wrangell (in southern Alaska) to northern Baja California, Mexico. Lives in shallow coastal areas, around bays and backwaters, to 146 meters deep.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species has a large range and large number of subpopulations with no known threats.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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