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Amphistichus rhodoterus (Agassiz, 1854)

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

  • Rødhalet brændingsaborre , Danish , Denmark
  • Porgy , English , Canada
  • Redtail seaperch , English , Canada
  • Redtail surfperch , English , Canada
  • Redtail surfperch , English , USA
  • 玫瑰沟背海鲫 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 玫瑰溝背海鯽 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 紅尾雙齒海鯽 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 红尾双齿海鲫 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Szumien czerwony , Polish , Poland
  • Perca , Spanish , Mexico

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Ovalentaria/misc

    Family: Embiotocidae

    Genus: Amphistichus

    Species: Amphistichus rhodoterus (Agassiz, 1854)

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • 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