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Etymology: Coryphopterus: Greek, koryphe = summit + Greek, pteron = fin, wing (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Böhlke & Robins.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 6 - 30 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical
Western Atlantic: southern Florida, USA and Bahamas to the Lesser Antilles (Ref. 7251). Has occasionally been recorded in northeastern Brazil (Ref. 84211).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 7251)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 6 - 7; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 9 - 11; Épines anales: 1; Rayons mous anaux: 8 - 9. Translucent gray with a narrow yellow stripe, faintly edged with dusky pigment, extending posteriorly from eye, and small yellow or dusky yellow spots or short bands on snout, cheek and anteriorly on body; a row of small faint yellow spots dorsally on body (Ref. 13442).
Inhabits reef areas deeper than 6 m.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Benthic spawner.
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
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