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Hoplopagrus guentherii Gill, 1862

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. Body deep and compressed; anterior profile of head slightly sloping and somewhat convex; snout prominent; anterior nostril tubular; posterior nostril embedded in a deep furrow; preopercle deeply notched; vomerine and lateral jaw teeth molariform; lower branch of first gill arch with 11 to 15 gill rakers; dorsal scale series running parallel to lateral line; back greenish brown; belly pink; flanks with 8 brownish blue vertical bars (Ref. 55763). Post-opercular notch and knob strong; anterior nostril long and tubular. Scale rows on back running parallel to the lateral line. Color is greenish with a series of about eight bars on sides.

Common Names

  • Mexikansk tremmesnapper , Danish , Denmark
  • Barred pargo , English , Mexico
  • Barred pargo , English , USA
  • Greenbar snapper , English , USA
  • Mexican barred snapper , English , Global
  • Vivaneau mexicain , French , Global
  • לוטיין מקסיקני , Hebrew , Israel
  • 墨西哥管鼻鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 墨西哥管鼻鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Coconaco , Spanish , Mexico
  • Pargo , Spanish , Colombia
  • Pargo , Spanish , Mexico
  • Pargo coconaco , Spanish , Mexico
  • Pargo coconaco , Spanish , Mexico
  • Pargo coconaco , Spanish , Spain
  • Pargo coconato , Spanish , Mexico
  • Pargo cocorito , Spanish , Panama
  • Pargo de barras , Spanish , Galapagos Is.
  • Pargo de Peña , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Pargo dientón , Spanish , Panama
  • Pargo mulato , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Pargo mulato o lalo , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Pargo raicero , Spanish , Mexico
  • Pargo rayado , Spanish , Mexico
  • Pargo roquero , Spanish , Costa Rica
  • Pargo rosquero , Spanish , Costa Rica
  • Rompe paila , Spanish , Panama
  • Tecomate , Spanish , Mexico

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Eupercaria/misc

    Family: Lutjanidae

    Genus: Hoplopagrus

    Species: Hoplopagrus guentherii Gill, 1862

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Adults are encountered generally over rocky bottoms in the vicinity of coral reefs, up to at least 40 or 50 m (Ref. 9313). Juveniles may penetrate rocky littoral pools (Ref. 9313). Carnivorous, feed on fishes and invertebrates of the bottom (Ref. 9313). Caught with handlines and marketed fresh (Ref. 9313).

    Habitat

    associated