Bellator egretta
Streamer Searobin
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Scorpaeniformes (Lionfish, Stonefish and others)
Triglidae (Searobins)
Bellator
Bellator egretta (Streamer Searobin)
Description
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Characters
Poorly developed rostral projections, relatively long opercular spine, and papillae on orbits. Head is relatively long and broad, and snout is long. Rostral projection is short and has a rounded, granular margin. Preopercular spine lacks supplemental spine. Opercular spine extends beyond cleithral spine. Gill rakers on first arch number 1 to 3 on upper limb and 11 to 17 on lower limb. Measurements are expressed as percent of SL: head length 37%–43%, snout length 17%–20%, upper jaw length 12%–15%, orbit diameter 9%–11%, interorbital width 4%–6%, joined pectoral fin length 26%–33%, first free pectoral fin ray length 21%–27%, body depth 20%–28%. Joined pectoral fin rays number 12. First dorsal fin has 10 or 11 spines, and second dorsal fin has 11 rays. Anal fin rays number 11. Body is covered with small ctenoid scales. Nape and breast are naked, and belly is naked anteriorly but often scaled posteriorly.
Color in life is reddish or yellowish brown on upper half of body and light on lower half, with sides banded. First dorsal fin has black spot or smudge between fourth and fifth dorsal spines. Pectoral fin is dusky, especially medial aspect, with upper 3 rays banded with dark and tan.
Distribution
Western Atlantic from North Carolina to Barbados, including the Gulf of Mexico
In the Gulf of Mexico it occurs from the west coast of Florida to Alabama
Habitat Associations
Occurs between 40 and 230 m
Biology
Maximum known size is 150 mm SL
Occurs from bays and estuaries to the mid-shelf.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-08-20. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Longley and Hildebrand 1941
Ginsburg 1950
Bullis and Thompson 1965
Lewis and Yerger 1976
Darcy and Gutherz 1984
Robins and Ray 1986
Cervigón 1991
Boschung 1992
Miller and Richards 1991a
Smith 1997
Richards and Miller 2002a
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.
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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