Species: Bellator egretta, Streamer searobin
nasal spines present
short spine over pectoral base
Bellator egretta (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Streamer searobin
Head very spiny; spiny plates at front of snout very short, blunt, without large spines at front; mouth short, not reaching under eye; a sharp spine before eye, large tentacles over rear of eyes; spines around nostrils, large spines on preopercle and opercle; spine behind operculum short, not reaching past large spine on upper operculum; dorsal fin XI, in male 1st spine very long, reaching past tail fin, 11-12; anal 11-12 (usually 11) rays; pectoral fins short, 12 joined rays, reaching just past origin of anal fin, with 3 enlarged, free rays at bottom of fin, 1st free ray shorter than fin itself; breast without scales; 95-112 lateral line scales; membrane above opercular spine without scales; nape not scaled.
Head & upper body yellow-brown to orange brown; sides of body with bars that are red above, yellow below; spiny dorsal dusky yellow, with black spot between spines IV-VI, soft dorsal with 6 diagonal yellow lines; upper ½ of tail fin with yellow spots, lower rays red; pectoral rays reddish or yellowish, upper 3 rays with alternating patches of dark and light pigment, often as bars; anal fin red, sometimes with yellow bars.
Size: 12 cm.
Habitat: sand and mud bottoms.
Depth: 40-232 m, usually 64-183 m.
N Carolina to the S 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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- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- Soft bottom only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Pelagic fish eggs
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- Pelagic fish larvae
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- West Atlantic Endemic
- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC non-endemic
- Also in Brazil
- All species..
- Extends North of GC
- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Extends South of GC
- Continent
- 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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- 12
- Depth Range Min
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- 40
- Depth Range Max
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- 232
