Species: Paralabrax dewegeri, Vieja Parrot Bass, Vieja parrot rock-bass
head, body, soft D & A, C red spots
lower body - white + 6 black bars
top jawbone - rear no scales
Paralabrax dewegeri (Metzelaar, 1919)
Vieja parrot rock-bass
Body elongate, compressed; head pointed; front nostril a short tube with a fringed flap; flat between eyes; mouth large, rear of top jaw exposed when mouth closed, without accessory bone above it, without scales; teeth fixed, not depressible; roof of mouth with teeth on sides and center; preoperculum evenly rounded, finely serrated; operculum with 3 spines, upper spine blunt, inconspicuous, other 2 spines sharp, exposed; gill rakers 21; dorsal X, 13-14, 3rd and 4th spines elongate, longer than longest rays; anal rays III, 7; soft dorsal and anal fin ends rounded; pectoral rays 16-17; pelvics inserted under or slightly behind pectoral base; tail straight,13-15 branched rays; scales small, rough, 55-58 on lateral line.
Head and upper back with orange and brown spots; lower body white, with ~6 dark bars; fins (except pectorals) covered with numerous brown spots; base of pectoral with a large dark blotch at front and a thin bar behind.
Size: grows to 43 cm.
Inhabits rocky reefs and soft coral beds, and rubble areas, enters brackish water.
Depth: 10-50 m.
Venezuela to northern Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef and soft bottom
- Corals
- Estuary
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Sand & gravel
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins
- Bony fishes
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- All species..
- Also in Brazil
- Continent only
- Extends South of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- 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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- 43
- Depth Range Min
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- 10
- Depth Range Max
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- 50
