Antigonia capros
Deepbody Boarfish
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Zeiformes (Dories)
Caproidae (Boarfishes)
Antigonia
Antigonia capros (Deepbody Boarfish)
Description
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Characters
Very deep bodied, compressed, and rhomboid shaped; snout short and obtuse; mouth slightly superior and nearly vertical; jaw teeth small, conical, in narrow band anteriorly and single row posteriorly; vomer and palatine lack teeth; gill rakers on first arch moderate length, 5 or 6 on epibranch and 13 to 16 on lower limb; branchiostegal rays number 6; head length 33.9% to 42.3% SL; snout length 8.8% to 11.7% SL; upper jaw length 7.3% to 10.2% SL; eye diameter 13.4% to 20.2% SL; body depth 98.3% to 136% SL; pectoral fin with 13 to 15 rays; dorsal fin with seven to nine spines and 31 to 37 rays; anal fin with three spines and 29 to 34 rays; caudal peduncle deeper than long; caudal fin subtruncate with 12 principal rays; scales ctenoid, with exposed section possessing elevated ridge bent posteriorly and denticulated along margin; scale rows from upper opercular margin to caudal fin base number 46 to 54
Orangish red, including fins, and slightly dusky on dorsal surface
Distribution
New Jersey to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
Habitat Associations
Near the bottom between 64 and 385 m
Biology
Pelagic crustaceans
300 mm SL
Adults are found close to bottom while juveniles occur in mid water (Ref. 4952). Feed on small mollusks and crustaceans (Ref. 5288). Not regularly marketed (Ref. 5217).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2013-01-28. Resilience: Medium (Assuming tm=2-4).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters described
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: minor commercial.
References
Berry 1959
Uyeno et al. 1983
Quero 1986c
C. R. Robins et al. 1986
Boschung 1992
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino (1984) The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text).
Karrer, C. and A. Post (1990) Caproidae. p. 641-642. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2.
Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez (1992) Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD.
Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.) (1983) Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p.
Claro, R. (1994) Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo.
Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein (2000) Food of northwest Atlantic fishes and two common species of squid. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NE 155, 138 p.
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