Species: Glossanodon pygmaeus, Pygmy Argentine
tongue - teeth front only
Glossanodon pygmaeus Cohen, 1958
Pygmy Argentine
Elongate, slender, a little compressed; large eyes; mouth small, at front; top jaw toothless, lower jaw without teeth in adults; main bones of top jaw meet in front of a narrow bone on top front of snout; teeth in separate bands on center and sides of roof of mouth; tongue with 2-6 teeth along front edge; gill rakers long and thin, 21-23 lower rakers; fins without spines; 1 dorsal fin plus a small adipose fin at rear, over anal; pectorals low on sides, 12-14; pelvics on mid-belly; anal fin at rear; tail strongly forked; distance from anus to anal fin origin equal to or greater than depth of tail base; scales smooth, easily detached, 43-46 on lateral line.
Pale grey; a silvery stripe from top corner of operculum to tail base; back with a series of dark saddles.
Reaches 12.8 cm.
Lives over muddy and sand bottoms.
Depth range: 92-460 m.
S Carolina to Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Mid Water
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathypelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent only
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 12.8
- Depth Range Min
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- 92
- Depth Range Max
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- 460
