Species: Corniger spinosus, Spinycheek Soldierfish
snout: central groove oblong
Corniger spinosus Agassiz, 1831
Spinycheek Soldierfish
Body ovate, deep; snout moderately pointed with relatively long straight forehead; eyes large, at upper margin of head; groove on top of snout oblong; mouth moderately large, slightly oblique; edge of bone under eye with large, strong, backward pointing spines; 2 large spines at lower corner of preoperculum and 2 spines at top corner of operculum; dorsal with XII spines, last spine equal to or longer than spine before it, fin not divided to base between 11th and 12th spines; anal with IV spines, none extremely long or thick, 9-12; pelvics I, 7; tail small, forked, with strongly rounded lobes; scales very rough, 28-30 on lateral line.
Uniform orange-red.
Reaches 23 cm.
Presumably on hard bottoms.
Depth range: 42-275 m.
North Carolina to Brazil, St Helena in the central Atlantic, the E Atlantic.
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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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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Transatlantic (East+West Atlantic)
- 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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- 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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- 23
- Depth Range Min
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- 42
- Depth Range Max
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- 275
