Microspathodon bairdii (Gill 1862)

Microspathodon bairdii és una espècie de peix de la família dels pomacèntrids i de l'ordre dels perciformes.

Morfologia

Els mascles poden assolir els 25 cm de longitud total.^[2]

Distribució geogràfica

Es troba des del Golf de Califòrnia fins a l'Equador, incloent-hi les Illes Revillagigedo i les Illes Galápagos.^[3]

Referències

Bibliografia

• Allen, G.R., 1991. Damselfishes of the world. Mergus Publishers, Melle, Alemanya. 271 p.
• Gill, T.N. 1862: Catalogue of the fishes of Lower California in the Smithsonian Institution, collected by Mr. J. Xantus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 14(3-4): 140-151.
• Helfman, G., B. Collette i D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts (Estats Units), 1997.
• Moyle, P. i J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4a edició, Upper Saddle River (Nova Jersey, Estats Units): Prentice-Hall. Any 2000.
• Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3a edició. Nova York, Estats Units: John Wiley and Sons. Any 1994.
• Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2a edició, Londres: Macdonald. Any 1985.

Enllaços externs

• ITIS (anglès)

Microspathodon bairdii, the bumphead damselfish, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Pomacentridae. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Description

Microspathodon bairdii is a large damselfish reaching 25 centimetres (9.8 in) in standard length.^[3] The adults are dark brown or black, have purple eyes and sport a large bump on their foreheads. Juveniles are bright blue on their backs, with orange or yellow on the underside.^[4]

Distribution

Microspathodon bairdii is endemic to the Eastern Pacific where its occurs from the mouth of the Gulf of California in Mexico south to Ecuador. Its range includes the Revillagigedo, Cocos, Malpelo and Galapagos Islands.^[1]

Habitat and biology

Microspathodon bairdii occurs on rocky inshore reefs exposed to wave action and currents, being found down to 15 metres (49 ft). It is most frequently recorded in the vicinity large boulders in the shallow subtidal zone. In the Gulf of Chiriquí, Panamá, the bumphead damselfish is found among huge corals and exposed shallow rocky reefs.^[1] It is mainly herbivorous, feeding on algae, but will take a hook baited with animal matter^[3] and will readily eat meat in the aquarium.^[4] They form pairs to breed and the eggs are laid in crevices in rocks where there is a strong current, on the leeward side of the current. The eggs are hoarded and aerated by the male.^[3]

Etymology

The person that Gill was honouring with the specific name has not been identified but it is very probably Spencer Fullerton Baird who was director of the United States National Museum where the type specimen is located.^[5]

References

Microspathodon bairdii es una especie de peces de la familia Pomacentridae en el orden de los Perciformes.

Morfología

Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 25 cm de longitud total.^[1]​

Hábitat

Es un pez de mar.

Distribución geográfica

Se encuentra desde el Golfo de California hasta Ecuador, incluyendo las Islas Revillagigedo e Islas Galápagos.

Referencias

Bibliografía

• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, núm. 1, vol. 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos. 2905. ISBN 0-940228-47-5.
• Fenner, Robert M.: The Conscientious Marine Aquarist. Neptune City, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos : T.F.H. Publications, 2001.
• Helfman, G., B. Collette y D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos , 1997.
• Hoese, D.F. 1986: . A M.M. Smith y P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlín, Alemania.
• Maugé, L.A. 1986. A J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse y D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Bruselas; MRAC, Tervuren, Flandes; y ORSTOM, París, Francia. Vol. 2.
• Moyle, P. y J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4a. edición, Upper Saddle River, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos: Prentice-Hall. Año 2000.
• Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3a. edición. Nueva York, Estados Unidos: John Wiley and Sons. Año 1994.
• Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2a. edición, Londres: Macdonald. Año 1985.

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Erreferentziak

• FishBase.org

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Microspathodon bairdii is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van rifbaarzen of koraaljuffertjes (Pomacentridae).^[2] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1862 door Gill.

De soort staat op de Rode Lijst van de IUCN als niet bedreigd, beoordelingsjaar 2007.^[1]