Species: Parasudis truculenta, Longnose Greeneye

vomer: 1 pr large fangs
Parasudis truculenta (Goode & Bean, 1895)
Longnose Greeneye
Body slender, compressed; head ~30% of SL, top profile ~straight; snout depressed, like a spatula, longer than wide, long (> eye length, length before eye 12.5-13.6% SL); eye large, length 8.9-10.5% SL, pupil teardrop shaped & with a pointed space before it; lower jaw protruding, with a knob on the chin; top jaw bone slightly expanded at rear, reaches just behind front of eye, with a single small extra bone above the expanded part; no teeth on tongue; some teeth at tip of lower jaws directed forwards; center of roof of mouth with a pair of large fangs; teeth on sides of roof of mouth strong, curved, depressible, larger than those on jaws, in a broad band on each side; lower gill rakers 10-14; fins without spines; dorsal fin in front 1/3 of body, its origin before pelvic fin origin; with more rays than anal fin (10 vs 9); a small skin-flap (adipose) 2nd dorsal fin at rear of body over center of anal fin; pectorals on midflank, inserted before origins of dorsal and anal fins, 15-16; anus nearer pelvic fins than anal fin, separated by 8-10 scales from base of pelvic fins; lateral line complete; scales smooth; 78-85 lateral scales.
Pale grey; eye green; dark around mouth; 4 dark saddles on back: 1 before dorsal fin, 2 behind, 1 on end of caudal peduncle; tip of dorsal and rear edge of tail fin broadly black.
Reaches ~25 cm
Lives on soft bottoms
Depth range 133- 1170 m
Tropical west Atlantic, Massachusetts to Brazil.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bathydemersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- 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 + Island (s)
- Extends N + S of GC
- Extends North of GC
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- 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)
- Temperate (>35N)
- 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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- 25
- Depth Range Min
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- 133
- Depth Range Max
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- 1170