Species: Bellator ribeiroi, Caribbean Searobin

Bellator ribeiroi Miller, 1965
Caribbean Searobin
Spiny projections at front of snout thin and horn-like, with small spines at front, extend well past tip of snout; mouth long, reaches under front edge of eye; 1 large spine on preoperculum; spine behind operculum large, reaches past large spine on upper operculum; dorsal fin XI, 1st spine very long in male, 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, free rays shorter than fin; chest scaled; membrane above opercular spine without scales; nape not scaled.
Upper 1/3 of head and body red-brown; flanks with 4-5 large dark spots; 1st dorsal brown, a dark spot between spines IV-V; 2nd dorsal red, with 3 yellow stripes; upper lobe of tail with 4 wide yellow stripes, lower part red; front base of anal fin red, rear base white; pelvics red; pectoral rays red, upper border with small dark spots, tip and lower margin of fin black.
Size: 16 cm.
Habitat: sand and mud bottoms.
Depth: 40-145 m.
Honduras to Brazil.

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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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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Pelagic fish eggs
- Pelagic fish larvae
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent only
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- 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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- 40
- Depth Range Max
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- 145