Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 28; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 26 - 32. Generally silvery overlaid with brassy tones; back bluish or olivaceous; lower head and lower anterior part of body tinged with red; sides with series of brown speckles which form rough narrow vertical bars; pectorals plain, other fins usually reddish (Ref. 6885).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Embiotocidae

Genus: Amphistichus

Species: Amphistichus koelzi (Hubbs, 1933)

Climate Zone

Location

• Eastern Pacific: near Cape Flaterry in Washington, USA to northern Baja California, Mexico. Recorded 32 km from the Canadian border (Ref. 6885).

Biology

Adults occur usually in sand beaches in surf (Ref. 2850). Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless