Bathyanthias cubensis
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Serranidae (Sea Basses and Groupers)
Bathyanthias
Bathyanthias cubensis
Description
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Characters
Scales on head, unnotched dorsal fin, scales covering basal section of dorsal, anal, pectoral, and caudal fins. Head moderately compressed. Nares widely separated, anterior naris tubular, posterior naris near anterodorsal margin of orbit. Upper jaw extends to about middle of pupil. Eye diameter about equal to interorbital width. Jaw teeth and vomerine and palatine teeth villiform. Posterior margin of interoperculum finely serrate. Gill rakers on first arch slender, 18 to 23. Measurements (% SL): head length 33%–38%, snout length 7%–9%, eye diameter 8%–9%, interorbital width 4%–5%, body depth 25%–30%. Pectoral fin long and pointed, 14 or 15 rays. Dorsal fin VIII, 14 or 15, first spine very short. Anal fin 8 rays. Caudal fin truncate or slightly emarginate. Scales ctenoid, extending anterior to eyes on head. Lateral line arched, 45 to 47 pored scales.
Pale red on body and head, darker dorsally than ventrally, with yellow spots. Narrow yellow stripe from tip of snout across cheek, and from posterior margin of eye to posterior margin of operculum. Dorsal and caudal fins yellow, caudal fin rays black tipped. Anal fin pale yellow to reddish.
Distribution
Western Atlantic from east coast of Florida to Venezuela, including Gulf of Mexico and Cuba.
Occurs throughout the Gulf of Mexico.
Habitat Associations
Between 28 and 377 m depth.
Biology
Maximum known size 150 mm SL.
Sequential hermaphrodites, first maturing as females and later functioning as males.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-09.
References
Longley and Hildebrand 1941 (as Liopropoma aberrans)
Schultz 1958b
Chittenden and Moore 1977
Hoese and Moore 1977, 1998
Matsuura 1983a
Darcy and Gutherz 1984
Robins and Ray 1986
Bullock and Smith 1991
Cervigón 1991 (all above as Pikea mexicana)
Boschung 1992 (as Bathyanthias mexicanus)
Heemstra 2002c
Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966) Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p.
Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.) (2003) Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Database dump. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003.
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