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Etymology: Hesperoleucus: Greek, hesperos = the land of the west + Greek, leukos = white (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Baird & Girard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce demersal. Temperate; 43°N - 35°N

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

North America: Sacramento-San Joaquin, Russian, Pajaro-Salinas and smaller coastal drainages in California, USA.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5723); common length : 8.3 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 12193); Idade máx. registada: 5 anos (Ref. 72464)

Descrição breve Morfologia | Morfometria

Raios dorsais moles (total): 7-10. Mouth slightly subterminal; body deep, compressed, tapering to narrow caudal peduncle; dorsal-fin origin behind pelvic-fin origin; caudal fin large; scales on lateral line 47-63; dorsal fin with 7-10 rays; pharyngeal teeth 0,5-4,0; dusky gray to steel blue above; dark stripe along side; silver white below; and breeding individuals with red orange-chin, gill cover, and anal and paired-fin bases (Ref. 86798).

Inhabits rocky pools of headwaters, creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref. 86798).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Hesperoleucus symmetricus (Baird & Girard, 1854)