Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 55 - 310 m. Subtropical
Western Central Atlantic: western and southern Gulf of Mexico and from Colombia to mouth of the Amazon River.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 54.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37039)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 227 - 245. Light yellowish brown, with small brown spots dorsally; vertical fins edged in black posteriorly (Ref. 37039).
Minimum depth reported from Ref. 37039.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
McEachran, J.D. and J.D. Fechhelm, 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin. 1112p. (Ref. 37039)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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