Ariomma bondi
Silver-Rag
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Ariommatidae (Ariommatids)
Ariomma
Ariomma bondi (Silver-Rag)
Description
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Characters
Elongate, slender, and moderately compressed body; relatively large eyes; relatively large scales; pale peritoneum; moderately blunt snout; porelike anterior naris; slitlike posterior naris; conical and slightly recurved jaw teeth; 8-10 gill rakers on upper limb and 15-18 on lower limb; head length 27%-31% SL; snout length 7%-8% SL; eye length 9%-10% SL; upper jaw length 6%-7% SL; pectoral fin length 21%-23% SL; pelvic fin length 13%-15% SL; body depth 24%-27% SL; pectoral fin with 20-23 rays; first dorsal fin triangular with 10 or 11 spines; second dorsal fin with 1 spine and 14-17 rays; anal fin with 3 spines and 12-16 rays; scales cover body and extend to level of anterior margin of pupil; 30-45 lateral line scales; 30 or 31 vertebrae
Brown to bluish brown dorsally and silvery or pale ventrally
Distribution
Nova Scotia to Uruguay, including the northern and western Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
Habitat Associations
Tropical and warm temperate Atlantic Ocean, between 25 and 640 m
Biology
300 mm TL
Occurs chiefly on the continental shelf, mostly on muddy bottoms (Ref. 2683). Juveniles occur in surface waters. Feeds mainly on small crustaceans. Forms large schools (Ref. 36543). Adults are demersal or bathypelagic (Ref. 47377).
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none. Oviparous, gonochorous, with pelagic eggs (Ref. 101194).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2013-01-29. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: minor commercial.
References
Ginsburg 1954 (as Cubiceps nigriargenteus)
Haedrich 1967
Haedrich 2002c
Haedrich and Horn 1972
Hoese and Moore 1977
Hoese and Moore 1998
Shimizu 1983d
Robins and Ray 1986
Scott and Scott 1988
Boschung 1992
Schneider, W. (1990) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p.
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.
Cervigón, F. (1994) Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 3. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 295 p.
Sanches, J.G. (1991) Catálogo dos principais peixes marinhos da República de Guiné-Bissau. Publ. Avuls. Inst. Nac. Invest. Pescas 16:429 p.
Figueiredo, J.L. and N.A. Menezes (2000) Manual de peixes marinhos do sudeste do Brasil. VI.Teleostei (5). Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Brazil. 116 p.
Patzner, R.A. (2008) Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p.
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