Species: Neomerinthe beanorum, Spotwing scorpionfish
ridge under eye - 3 spines
Neomerinthe beanorum (Evermann & Marsh, 1900)
Spotwing scorpionfish
Elongate, robust body; snout 70-130% of eye diameter; bone bearing nostrils with 2 down-pointing spines on its lower edge before eye, and another side-pointing spine on its side at rear; bony ridge under and behind eye with 3 spines; teeth on sides of roof of mouth; 1st preopercular spine is the longest; pectoral fin wedge-shaped, 16-18, usually 17 rays, longest rays in center, rays 3-9 branched at tip in adults; dorsal fin XII, 9.5 (rarely 8.5 or 10.5) rays (last is split to base and counted as 1.5); body scales rough, 40-45 longitudinal rows above lateral line; lateral line extends to tail fin.
Upper body mottled red and brown; pectoral fin with elongate dark spots; middle of spiny dorsal dark; soft dorsal and upper tail spotted.
Reaches 19.5 cm.
Lives on hard bottoms.
Depth range: 90-375 m.
The Bahamas and Caribbean.
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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 associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Rocks
- Reef and soft bottom
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- 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 endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent + Island (s)
- Continent
- GC 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)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 19.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 90
- Depth Range Max
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- 375
