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Oplegnathus insignis (Pacific beakfish)

Synonyms: Scarostoma insigne
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  

Prey / Diet

Austromegabalanus psittacus (giant barnacle)[1]
Chiton cumingsii[1]
Fissurella limbata[1]
Scurria variabilis[1]
Tetrapygus niger[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anisotremus scapularis (Peruvian grunt)2
Cheilodactylus variegatus (Peruvian morwong)2
Graus nigra (Nibbler)1
Pinguipes chilensis (Sandperch)2
Semicossyphus darwini (Goldspot sheepshead)2

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Alimentación y relaciones tróficas de peces costeros de la zona norte de Chile, Marianela Medina, Miguel Araya & Claudio Vega, Invest. Mar., Valparaíso, 32(1): 33-47, 2004
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