Species: Parasphyraenops atrimanus, Black Handed Bass
+ teeth
operculum - central spine curves up
Parasphyraenops atrimanus Bean, 1912
Black Handed Bass
Body elongate, cigar shaped, depth 21% of SL; head bluntly pointed; snout short, 6% of SL; bone under eye flexible, with a large hooked flange that completely covers top jaw when mouth is closed; mouth protrusible; jaws with 1 row of minute, fixed teeth; no teeth on roof of mouth; gill rakers long, 28; operculum with 3 spines, middle spine curved up; dorsal fin X, 10, deeply notched between spiny and soft parts; anal fin III, 6; scales rough, covering body, operculum and cheek.
Preserved fish pale yellowish brown; a large black blotch on lower ½ of dorsal fin between spines II-V; a dark blotch inside base of pectoral fin.
At least 10 cm.
On reefs.
Depth range: 25-79 m.
Known only from Bermuda and Venezuela.
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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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- Reef only
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 10
- Depth Range Min
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- 25
- Depth Range Max
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- 79
