Parascombrops spinosus (Schultz, 1940)
Keelcheek bass
Parascombrops spinosus
photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Family:  Synagropidae (Splitfin ocean-basses)
Max. size:  14.4 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 87 - 544 m
Distribution:  Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) North Carolina, the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea to Uruguay (Ref. 47377) and Brazil (ISH specimens).
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 10-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 7-8; Vertebrae: 25-25. Anterior edges of pelvic spine, and 2nd spines of 1st dorsal and of anal fin serrated, but that of 2nd dorsal smooth (Ref. 13608).
Biology:  Inhabits outer parts of the continental shelves and the upper parts of these slopes (Ref. 37343).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 29 January 2014 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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