 Sole
small eyes (Paralichthys Microps)
Description:
Oval body and laterally compressed , with its eyes both in the left side.
The side where the eyes are located is homogeneous dark brown colored,
with no spots.
The blind side of creamy color, With ctenoid scales in the side where
eyes are located, and scales cyclid scales on the blind side. The dorsal
flipper crosses almost the fish's whole back and is originated at the
level of the previous half of the eye.
Geographical Distribuición:
It's common in the sandy bottoms of the littoral, up to 50 meters of depth.
Nourishment:
The sole of small eyes' nourishment in the Mocha island is composed by
a wide spectrum, being principally about fishes (Engraulidae, Clupeidae,
Pinguipedidae, etc.)
Bass (Cilus Gilberti)
Description:
Fish of filement form body, laterally compressed, of blue color in the
back, light blue in the flanks and whitish - silver in the abdomen.
The lateral line of this species is very long spreading beyond the end
of the caudal peduncle managing to spread even up to the posterior end
of the caudal flipper.
Geographical Distribuición:
Occupying generally as its habitat areas near to the coast, principally
in reefs and sandy beaches areas
Nourishment:
The preference to such small fishes as sardines and anchovy, and small
crustaceans which have legs by both left and right sides of the body,
and sea pigs.
Sawfish (Thyrsites Atun)
Description:
Fish of very elongated, planked and slightly compressed body. The head
is sharpened, finished in a sharp vertex, the terminal mouth is big
and ends at the level of the projection of the previous edge of the
eye.. It presents two dorsal flippers, the first one is long and compound
by bones, followed by dorsal flipper constituted by radioes, behind
which a 7 small flippers serie is implanted, that are lightly over the
average ventral line of the caudal peduncle.. Its body's coloration
is compound by a silvered grey in its flanks, and by a dark blue color
its back.
Nourishment:
Its nourishment is based principally on small fish such as anchovy,
sardine.
Jurel (Trachurus Symmetricus
Murphyi)
Description:
Filament form body, with the back of greenish blue color and abdomen
of yellowish white color. It presents two dorsal flippers, the first
one is higher and triangular, compound only by bones and the second
one constituted by bones and radioes, forming a "keel" on
both sides of the caudal peduncle.. The pectoral flipper is long.
Geographical Distribuición:
Pelagic Fishes which are distributed on the continental platform between
0 to 100 meters forming shoals or fish associated with sardine, anchovy
and Spanish sardine.
Nourishment:
small pelagic fishes.
Robalos (Eliginops Maclovinus)
Description:
elongated, cylindrical, filement form body, and of discreetly squashed
head. Small mouth, protractile. Back of black greenish color, the same
as the dorsal and caudal flippers. The pelvic and anal flippers are
of silvered white color and the pectoral flipper of green color, clearer
than the back. It presents two dorsal flippers, a first small and triangular
dorsal, and a second long and high dorsal formed only by radioes.
Geographical Distribuición:
Near the coast, in depths up to of 50 meters Habitually it's possible
to find them among rocks.
Nourishment:
It consumes preferably fishes, and crustaceans which have legs by both
left and right sides of the body (as sea fleas). Besides it consumes
algaes that have chlorophyll (sea lettuce) and red pigments (red algae).
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