Synagrops bellus
Blackmouth Bass
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G5
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Acropomatidae (Lanternbellies)
Synagrops
Synagrops bellus (Blackmouth Bass)
Description
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Characters
Canine teeth in jaws, two short dorsal fins, pelvic spine with smooth anterior edge. Dorsal profile of head moderately convex, snout very short. Nares close set, posterior naris slitlike and about 4 times size of anterior naris. Lower jaw projects beyond upper jaw, upper jaw extends to middle of eye. Teeth in jaws, vomer, and palatine. Upper jaw has single canine on either side of symphysis, followed by wide band of villiform teeth. Lower jaw has pair of canines on either side of symphysis, followed by band of villiform teeth and lateral row of canines and median band of villiform teeth. Teeth in vomer and palatine villiform and arranged in bands. Preoperculum has two or three small ridges on lower posterior margin. Suboperculum and interoperculum serrated along margins. Branchiostegal rays number 7. Gill rakers on first arch number 2 or 3 on upper limb, 1 in corner, and 10 to 13 on lower limb. Measurements (% SL): head length 31%–34%, snout length 7%–8%, eye diameter 9%–11%, interorbital width 9%–10%, upper jaw length 14%–15%, body depth 23%–27%. Pectoral fin relatively long with 16 or 17 rays, upper rays longer than lower rays. First dorsal fin originates just posterior to pectoral fin base with 9 spines. Second dorsal fin has 1 spine and 9 rays. Anal fin has 2 spines and 7 rays. Fin spines lack serrations. Scales cycloid, large, and deciduous. Lateral line complete with 29 to 31 scales.
Color is brownish gray.
Distribution
Western Atlantic from Canada and Bermuda to Suriname, including the northern and southern Gulf of Mexico and the Antilles.
Northern and southern Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Tropical and warm temperate Atlantic, between 277 and 806 m
Biology
Maximum known size is 360 mm SL.
Inhabits deep shelf and slope waters (Ref. 7251).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2012-07-11.
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Schultz 1940
Bullis and Thompson 1965
Fujii 1983a
Boschung 1992
Heemstra 2002b
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.
Mejía, L.S., A. Acero P., A. Roa and L. Saavedra (2001) Review of the fishes of the genus Synagrops from the tropical Western Atlantic (Perciformes: Acropomatidae). Caribb. J. Sci. 37(3-4):202-209.
Figueiredo, J.L., A.P.D. Santos, N. Yamaguti, R.A. Bernardes and C.L. Del Bianco Rossi-Wongtschowski (2002) Peixes da zona econômica exclusiva da Região Sudeste-Sul do Brasil: Levantamento com Rede de Meia-Água. São-Paulo: Editora da Universidade de São Paulo; Imprensa Oficial do Estado, 242 p.
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