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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Haemulidae (Grunts) > Haemulinae
Etymology: Microlepidotus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek,lepis = scale (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.

Issue
Pristipoma (Haemulopsis) brevipinne in Eschmeyer pers. comm.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic. Tropical; 32°N - 7°N

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Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California to Panama.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9114)

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Body elongate, compressed, and not very deep (depth contained 2.6 to 3.0 times in standard length); mouth small and terminal , its posterior end located at the same level as the anterior rim of the eye; first gill arch with 16 gill rakers; dorsal slightly stronger than third but almost equal in length; scale series above lateral line oblique; body blue gray; each scale bearing a pearly gray spot, the spots appearing to form lines following the scale series; fins yellowish (Ref. 55763).

Forms schools in coastal waters (Ref. 9114).

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Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

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McKay, R.J. and M. Schneider, 1995. Haemulidae. Burros, corocoros, chulas, gallinazos, roncos. p. 1136-1173. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9114)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: bycatch

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Microlepidotus brevipinnis (Steindachner, 1869)