Species: Pronotogrammus martinicensis, Roughtongue bass
tongue - oval tooth patch
Pronotogrammus martinicensis (Guichenot, 1868)
Roughtongue bass
Body an elongate oblong, strongly compressed; head short, strongly compressed; eye large; mouth moderately oblique, lower jaw projecting, rear of top jaw exposed when mouth closed, without accessory bone above it; large oval patch of granular teeth on tongue; tooth patch at center of roof of mouth with well developed rear prolongation; preoperculum finely serrated on rear and lower margins; 36-43 long gill rakers; dorsal fin X spines, 1st 2 short, 3rd elongated, 13-16; pectorals 16-18, long, reaches post origin of anal fin; pelvic inserted slightly before base of pectoral; tail concave, with pointed tips; scales moderate sized, 35-41 on lateral line, 2-3 rows of large scales between 5th dorsal spine and lateral line; head and jaws fully scaled.
Body and fins reddish to pale orange; a yellow stripe under eye to operculum, sometimes two yellow stripes behind eye; body with yellowish stripes and a yellow to yellow-brown long, V shaped bar under the middle of the spiny dorsal; dorsal fin with red base, yellow center, blue edge; tail fin yellow, with red marks, blue tips; anal and pelvic fins yellow, with blue edge.
Size: to 24 cm.
Habitat: associates with deep coral reefs.
Depth: 55-300 m.
North Carolina to southern Brazil.
Note: a record at a depth of 914 m evidently is due to a cataloging error.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Near Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Habitat
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- Water column
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- 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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- Continent + Island (s)
- Also in Brazil
- Extends North of GC
- GC non-endemic
- Extends South of GC
- Extends N + S of GC
- Island (s)
- All species..
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 24
- Depth Range Min
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- 55
- Depth Range Max
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- 300
