Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 3. Deep, compressed body, brown, somewhat lighter on the lower half; a dark streak along the lateral line. Large mouth, compressed head. Serrated preopercular margin. Lateral line complete. Small scales. Caudal fin emarginate (Ref. 28023).

Common Names

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Grape-eye seabass , English , Galapagos Is.

Serrano ojo de uva , English , Galapagos Is.

Apañado , Spanish , Chile

Ojo de uva , Spanish , Peru

Robalo ñato , Spanish , Ecuador

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Acropomatiformes

Family: Malakichthyidae

Genus: Hemilutjanus

Species: Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos (Tschudi, 1846)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Found near drop-offs and among rock out-croppings over sand and rock, in depths greater than 10 meters. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 28023).

Habitat

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neritic