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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Serranidae (Sea basses: groupers and fairy basslets) > Incertae sedis
Etymology: Hemilutjanus: Greek, hemi = the half + see under Lutjanus.

Issue
Family placement uncertain; see also the genus account: incertae sedis in Percoidei, Johnson, 1984.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 10 - 55 m (Ref. 104864). Tropical, preferred ?; 2°N - 54°S, 92°W - 70°W

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Southeast Pacific: Peru to Chile and the Galapagos Islands.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 28023); max. published weight: 1.7 kg (Ref. 53696)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 3. Deep, compressed body, brown, somewhat lighter on the lower half; a dark streak along the lateral line. Large mouth, compressed head. Serrated preopercular margin. Lateral line complete. Small scales. Caudal fin emarginate (Ref. 28023).

Found near drop-offs and among rock out-croppings over sand and rock, in depths greater than 10 meters. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 28023).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Heemstra, Phillip C. | Collaborators

Grove, J.S. and R.J. Lavenberg, 1997. The fishes of the Galápagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 863 p. (Ref. 28023)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Data deficient (DD)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

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Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos (Tschudi, 1846)