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Roosterfish
| Roosterfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Nematistiidae T. N. Gill, 1862 |
| Genus: | Nematistius T. N. Gill, 1862 |
| Species: | N. pectoralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Nematistius pectoralis T. N. Gill, 1862
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| Range from the Gulf of California to Peru | |
The roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis) is a fish found in the warmer shallow waters of the Pacific from Baja California to Peru. Roosterfish are a very popular sport fish admired for being strong fighters.[2] They are also important targets of local artisanal and subsistence fisheries. It is the only species in the genus Nematistius and the family Nematistiidae.[3] Their name comes from the "rooster comb", seven long spines on the dorsal fin. Roosterfish can reach over 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) in length and over 50 kg (110 lb) in weight.[4] Despite being a very popular sport fish, Roosterfish are an understudied species.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
IUCNwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Jakes-Cota, Ulianov; Chavéz-Arellano, Rafael; Sepulveda, Chugey; Aalbers, Scott; Ortega-García, Sofía (2021-08-01). "Estimating age and growth of roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis) from otoliths". Fisheries Research. 240: 105958. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2021.105958. ISSN 0165-7836.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Nematistiidae". FishBase. November 2012 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nematistius pectoralis". FishBase. November 2012 version.
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