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Species: Prionotus martis, Barred searobin

D1: 2 dark spots

lower gill rakers 8-11

gill membrane under throat: rays dark/black
pectoral: rounded, to 4th anal ray, 14-15, dark

throat scaled

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Prionotus martis Ginsburg, 1950

Barred searobin

Head small, conical; snout long, sloping; mouth short, opens slightly under snout, lower jaw not projecting; no cirri over nostrils or eyes; peropercular spine reaching to edge of operculum; 8-11 (usually 9) lower gill rakers; dorsal rays X, 12; anal rays 11-13; pectoral fins with rounded ends, 14 (14-15) joined rays, moderately short, reaching to ~4th ray of anal fin, with 3 enlarged, free rays at bottom of fin; body scaled; throat scaled; membrane above opercular spine with scales; nape with scales.

Body plain grey brown, often with 3-4 dark diagonal saddles on upper back and tail base; rays of membranes under throat dark to black; dorsal fin with 2 non-ocellated spots (between spines I-II, and III-IV); pectorals dusky to dark with light mottling, to nearly black; upper half of tail fin spotted

Size: reaches 18 cm.

Habitat: mud-sand bottoms.

Depth: 11-110 m, usually 18-37 m.

The Gulf of Mexico.

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Salinity

Marine
Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore Only
Inshore

Water Column Position

Bottom

Habitat

Mud
Soft bottom only
Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
Sand & gravel

FishBase Habitat

Demersal

Feeding Group

Carnivore
Data

Diet

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
Bony fishes
Mobile benthic worms
Data

Egg Type

Data
Pelagic
Pelagic larva

Global Endemism

West Atlantic Endemic
All species.
Greater Caribbean endemic

Regional Endemism

All species..
Continent only
Continent
GC endemic
Gulf of Mexico endemic

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)

IUCN Red List

Least concern
Listed

CITES

Not listed

Length Max

18

Depth Range Min

11

Depth Range Max

110

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Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system: Species Data Report

Tue 02nd May, 2023 07:07 pm

Species - Prionotus martis

Habitat

Salinity

Marine

Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore Only

Inshore

Water Column Position

Bottom

Habitat

Mud

Soft bottom only

Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)

Sand & gravel

FishBase Habitat

Demersal

Feeding

Feeding Group

Carnivore

Data

Diet

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves

Octopus/squid/cuttlefish

Bony fishes

Mobile benthic worms

Data

Reproduction

Egg Type

Data

Pelagic

Pelagic larva

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

West Atlantic Endemic

All species.

Greater Caribbean endemic

Regional Endemism

All species..

Continent only

Continent

GC endemic

Gulf of Mexico endemic

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)

Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Least concern

Listed

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

18

Depth

Depth Range Min

11

Depth Range Max

110

Range

Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites

Based on paint data

Latitude Limit N

Latitude Limit S

Longitude Limit W

Longitude Limit E

Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)

0

Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)

0

Range Midpoint (lat/long)

0, 0

Range Polygon Area: Km²

0 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)

-1, -1

Based on point data

Sampling-Point Count :

507

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

2,105,966 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

24.53635,-89.496

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