Species: Sargocentron bullisi, Deepwater squirrelfish
Sargocentron bullisi (Woods, 1955)
Deepwater squirrelfish
Body oblong, elongate; snout pointed; eye very large; mouth small, oblique; lower jaw not projecting; edges of bones of operculum and under eye with series of slender spines; 1-2 enlarged spines on edge of operculum; a long stout spine at corner of preopercle; 10-14 lower gill rakers; dorsal fin with XI spines, a distinct gap between last spine and first ray of soft dorsal, front soft rays not elongate; 12 (11-12) soft rays; anal with IV spines, 3rd spine extremely long and stout, 7-8; pectoral 14 (13-15); pelvics I, 7; tail forked; scales large, very rough.
Red, white below; upper body yellowish orange; body with thin white stripes edged above and below by thin dark red borders; spiny dorsal orange, a small black spot behind tip of 1st dorsal spine in small fish only; soft dorsal, anal and tail fins translucent red; inside pectoral fin base pale.
Reaches 16 cm.
Lives on inshore and offshore reefs.
Depth range: 25-128 m.
N Carolina to Suriname.
Note: Probably belongs in the genus Neoniphon.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- 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
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Zooplankton
- Data
- 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
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- All species
- Continent
- Extends South of GC
- Also in Brazil
- GC non-endemic
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- 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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- 16
- Depth Range Min
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- 25
- Depth Range Max
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- 128
