Prionotus martis
Barred Searobin
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Scorpaeniformes (Lionfish, Stonefish and others)
Triglidae (Searobins)
Prionotus
Prionotus martis (Barred Searobin)
Description
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Characters
Head relatively small, conical; pectoral fins moderately short, truncate; snout moderately long, depressed at tip; rostral projection poorly developed, with rounded, crenate margin; mouth subterminal, relatively short; villiform teeth in bands on jaws, vomer, and palatine; gill rakers on first arch 1 on upper limb, 8-11 on lower limb; head length 29%-32% SL, head depth 17%-20% SL, snout length 14%-15% SL, upper jaw length 9%-10% SL, orbit diameter 5%-6% SL, interorbital width 3%-4% SL, preopercular spine length 8%-10% SL, pectoral fin length 36%-43% SL, first free pectoral fin ray length 18%-21% SL, body depth 17%-22% SL; joined pectoral fin rays 14 or 15; first dorsal fin with 10 spines, second dorsal fin with 12 or 13 rays; anal fin rays 11-13; body covered with small ctenoid scales; nape and chest (in specimens >25 mm SL) scaled
Body mottled brownish gray dorsally and laterally, lower part light tan; 3 or 4 dark diagonal bands or saddles often on back and caudal peduncle; branchiostegal rays dusky; dorsal fins with dark, narrow horizontal bands; first dorsal fin with dark spot with pale margin on spines, often with narrow dark spot near margin between first and second dorsal fin; pectoral fin dusky or dark with light mottling to nearly black
Distribution
Western Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico
Throughout the Gulf of Mexico within its depth range
Habitat Associations
Depth range 11-46 m
Biology
Polychaetes, cumaceans, mysids, amphipods, various shrimps, and amphioxi
Maximum known size about 170 mm SL
Spawning takes place from early spring to summer in the eastern Gulf of Mexico
Found from bays and estuaries to the mid-shelf.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2011-08-11. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Ginsburg 1950
Lewis and Yerger 1976
Hoese and Moore 1977
Hoese and Moore 1998 (as P. carolinus)
Ross 1977
Ross 1983
Robins and Ray 1986
Boschung 1992
Huidobro-Campos and Schmitter-Soto 1993 (as P. carolinus)
Smith 1997
Vega-Cendejas et al. 1997 (as P. carolinus)
Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999
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.
Bogutskaya, N.G. (2007) Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file.
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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