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Leuresthes tenuis (Grunion; Californian grunion; California grunion)

Synonyms: Atherinopsis tenuis; Leuresthes crameri
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Wikipedia Abstract

Leuresthes tenuis, the California grunion, is a species of ray-finned fish native to the Pacific coast of North America from Monterey Bay in California to Baja California. This species grows to 19 cm (7 in) in total length and is of minor importance to local fisheries, particularly during grunion runs in which the fish beach themselves to lay their eggs and are easily taken.
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Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  8 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cabrillo National Monument V 149 California, United States
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary   California, United States
Channel Islands National Park II 139010 California, United States

Ecosystems

Predators

Alopias vulpinus (Zorro thresher shark)[2]
Phalacrocorax auritus (Double-crested Cormorant)[3]
Sternula antillarum (Least Tern)[2]
Thalasseus elegans (Elegant Tern)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Leuresthicola olsoni[4]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Szoboszlai AI, Thayer JA, Wood SA, Sydeman WJ, Koehn LE (2015) Forage species in predator diets: synthesis of data from the California Current. Ecological Informatics 29(1): 45-56. Szoboszlai AI, Thayer JA, Wood SA, Sydeman WJ, Koehn LE (2015) Data from: Forage species in predator diets: synthesis of data from the California Current. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0