Hollardia hollardi
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Tetraodontiformes (Pufferfishes and Allies)
Triacanthodidae (Spikefishes)
Hollardia
Hollardia hollardi
Description
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Characters
Snout is moderately long and acute. Jaw teeth are short, blunt, and conical; number 6 to 11 in a single row in upper jaw; and number 7 to 12 in a single row in lower jaw. Gill opening is slightly arched, slightly oblique, and slightly longer than pectoral fin base. Gill rakers on first arch number 15 to 20. Measurements are expressed as percent of SL: head length 35%–45%, snout length 10%–14%, eye diameter 14%–19%, interorbital width 5%–9%, pectoral fin length 15%–18%, body depth 49%–73%. Pectoral fin has 12 to 15 (usually 14) rays. Dorsal fin originates posterior to upper edge of gill slit and has six stout spines and 16 to 18 rays. Pelvic fin consists of one spine and 1 or 2 rays; spine is very long and stout, and rays are very short and unbranched. Anal fin is similar in location, shape, and size to rayed section of dorsal fin and has 14 to 16 rays. Scale spinules become branched with growth.
Color in life is pinkish red, with olive to brown reticulations. In preservative, body is light, with irregular pattern of dark reticulations.
Distribution
Western Atlantic from southern Florida and Bermuda to northern South America, including the Dry Tortugas and Campeche Bay in the Gulf of Mexico.
Habitat Associations
Between 230 and 915 m depth
Biology
Maximum known size is 179 mm SL
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-12.
References
Kanazawa 1952
Matsuura 1983s, 2001a, 2002a
Robins and Ray 1986
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.
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.
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