Species: Antigonia capros, Deepbody Boarfish
pelvics long (well past A origin)
Antigonia capros Lowe, 1843
Deepbody Boarfish
Body very deep (depth 80-100% SL), rhomboidal, strongly compressed; upper and lower body profiles convex; head small, with radiating bony ridges; forehead profile strongly concave; a distinct crest along nape; eyes large, but relatively small; mouth small, oblique, opens at front, top jaw protrusible; 19-22 gill rakers; dorsal fin continuous, VIII (rarely VII or IX) spines, 3rd longest, 31-37; anal fin II-III spines, 1st longest, 29-34, spines separate from rays; soft dorsal and anal fins with long bases, scaly sheaths; pectoral fins bluntly pointed, with I spine, 13 (rarely 12 or 14) rays pelvic fins I, 5, spine reaching well past anal fin origin; tail fin bluntly rounded; scales with a toothed keel at rear + small teeth, 47-54 along side; lateral line arched.
Pink to orange-red; 3 dark red bars - eye, midbody, tail base; vertical fins whitish.
Reaches 30.5 cm.
On and near the bottom.
Depth range: 27-900 m, usually 100-300 m.
Worldwide (except the E Pacific) in tropical and subtropical areas; Massachusetts to Argentina.
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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
- Bottom + water column
- Near Bottom
- Habitat
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- Rocks
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Water column
- Mud
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef and soft bottom
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- 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 gastropods/bivalves
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans)
- Greater Caribbean non-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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- 30.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 27
- Depth Range Max
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- 900
