Description

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Common Names

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Peruvian grunt , English , Peru

肩板异孔石鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China

肩板異孔石鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Chita , Spanish , Peru

Corcovado , Spanish , Ecuador

Roncador peruano , Spanish , Galapagos Is.

Sargo , Spanish , Chile

Sargo , Spanish , Peru

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Haemulidae

Genus: Anisotremus

Species: Anisotremus scapularis (Tschudi, 1846)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Pacific: De Manta, Ecuador to Antofagasta, Chile.

Biology

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Forms schools in open water above rocky, boulder strewn reefs and slopes and hard substrate with good water movement (Ref. 5227). Feeds on benthic invertebrates and floating organic matter (Ref. 28023).

Habitat

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associated