Species: Prionotus beanii, Bean’s searobin


Prionotus beanii Goode in Goode & Bean, 1896
Bean’s searobin
Snout moderate; moderately steep; sometimes with spines around nostrils; no cirri over nostrils or eyes; mouth small, opens slightly under snout, lower jaw not projecting; preopercular spine reaching just past operculum; dorsal rays X, 11-12, anal rays 10; pectoral fins with concave rear edges, 13-14 joined rays, with 3 enlarged, free rays at bottom of fin, fins reaching to middle of base of anal fin; body scaled; chest and throat with scales; membrane above opercular spine with scales; nape with scales.
Greenish grey-brown above, reddish-brown blotches on sides; spiny dorsal with an ocellated spot between spines IV-V, soft dorsal with 3 red-brown stripes; pelvics yellowish orange; tail fin with 3 bars; pectoral pale, with 2 broad dark areas in center.
Size: reaches 15 cm.
Habitat: mud-sand bottoms.
Depth: 55-274 m, usually 46-128 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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- Soft bottom only
- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic worms
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Extends South of GC
- All species..
- Continent only
- Continent
- Also in Brazil
- GC non-endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- 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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- 15
- Depth Range Min
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- 55
- Depth Range Max
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- 274