| Citation | McEachran, J.D. and J.D. Fechhelm, 2005, Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico.. Vol. 2. Austin : University of Texas Press. viii+1004p. |
| Ref. | 78464 McEachran, J.D. and J.D. Fechhelm, 2005 |
| Page | 141 |
| Named Used as Valid | Diplectrum formosum |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Western Atlantic from Chincoteague, VA, and Bermuda to Sao Paulo, Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, Cuba, and the Virgin Islands; 73 m |
| Quote | Feeds on bivalves; polychaetes; mysid, penaeid, and sergestid shrimps; crabs; chaetognaths, cephalochordates; and ray-finned fishes; maximum 30 SL |