Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 28; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 28 - 31. Caudal fin broadly forked (Ref. 6885). Generally silvery overlaid lightly with a brassy cast; light green above; sides with a series of about 9 to 11 narrow vertical dark bars, posteriorly, broken and staggered along the lateral line; caudal and anal fins red (Ref. 6885).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Embiotocidae

Genus: Amphistichus

Species: Amphistichus rhodoterus (Agassiz, 1854)

Climate Zone

Location

• Eastern Pacific: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada to Avila Beach, central California, USA.

Biology

Adults are found in sand beaches in surf on exposed coast, sometimes in bays and backwaters (Ref. 2850). Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205).

Habitat

brackish

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless