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Anisotremus interruptus (Yellow-tailed grunt; Burrito grunt)

Synonyms: Genytremus interruptus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The burito grunt (Anisotremus interruptus) is a species of grunt native to the tropical waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean area, from central Baja and the Gulf of California to Peru and the Galapagos Islands. It can be found at depths of 3 to 30 m (9.8 to 98.4 ft) (usually not below 12 m (39 ft)) on reefs, hiding in crevices or caves during daylight and coming out at night to feed. This species can reach 51 cm (20 in) in TL, though most do not exceed 30 cm (12 in). The maximum weight recorded for this species is 3.6 kg (7.9 lb). It is important to commercial fisheries.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Rio Colorado Biosphere Reserve VI 2320468 Sonora, Mexico  
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  

Ecosystems

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Alloinfundiburictus longicaecum[3]
Koronacantha mexicana[4]
Paracalceostoma calceostomatoides <Unverified Name>[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Trophic structure and flows of energy in the Huizache–Caimanero lagoon complex on the Pacific coast of Mexico; Manuel J. Zetina-Rejón, Francisco Arreguı́n-Sánchez, Ernesto A. Chávez; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 57 (2003) 803–815
♦ 2Salazar P., S. and Bustamante, Rodrigo H. (2003) Effects of the 1997-1998 El Niño on population size and diet of the Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki). Noticias de Galapagos, 62, pp. 40-45.
♦ 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