Bembrops macromma
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Percophidae (Flatheads)
Bembrops
Bembrops macromma
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Characters
Narrow flap on posterior margin of maxilla; lower jaw projects beyond upper jaw; maxilla exposed posteriorly with large, triangular tentacle; jaw, vomerine, and palatine teeth villiform in bands; angle of preoperculum with two broad spinous processes; lower limb of suboperculum with single spine; operculum with two diverging spines on posterior margin and third spine near ventral margin, and elongate flap; posttemporal bone with well-developed spine; 7 branchiostegal rays; gill rakers on first arch 4-6 upper limb, 12-15 lower limb; measurements (% SL): head length 37%-43%, snout length 11%-15%, eye diameter 9%-10%, upper jaw length 14%-15%, pectoral fin length 22%-24%, body depth 10%-14%; pectoral fin 22-24 rays; first dorsal fin six slender spines, second dorsal fin 14 or 15 rays; anal fin 17 or 18 rays; caudal fin truncate; body and head mostly covered with ctenoid scales; lateral line slopes ventrally with 54-64 scales
Yellowish tan with four elongate dark blotches on midflank and three short, narrow dark bars between blotches; anterior section of first dorsal fin black; margins of second dorsal and anal fins black
Distribution
Western North Atlantic from Bahamas, Greater and Lesser Antilles, and Honduras
Northern Gulf of Mexico (recorded but disputed), Straits of Yucatán
Habitat Associations
220-412 m depth
Biology
202 mm TL
Female specimens collected in May have mature gonads (Ref. 13203).
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2013-01-30.
References
Ginsburg 1955
Grey 1959
Robins and Ray 1986
Das and Nelson 1996
Thompson 2002b
Das, M.K. and J.S. Nelson (1996) Revision of the percophid genus Bembrops (Actinopterygii: Perciformes). Bull. Mar. Sci. 59(1):9-44.
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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