Species: Pteraclis carolinus, Atlantic fanfish, Carolina Fanfish Pomfret


Pteraclis carolinus Valenciennes, 1833
The fanfish
Head and body compressed, an elongate oval tapering to slender tail base; forehead profile convex; snout short, bluntly rounded; eyes large; between eyes rounded; rear nostril a slit; mouth at front, strongly oblique, the rear of the top jaw wide, exposed and covered with scales; lower edges of bottom jawbone not touching along midline under head; 8 branchiostegal rays; the single dorsal and anal fins have long bases, similar shapes and sizes; dorsal fin origin on snout; not preceded by scales across the dorsal profile; dorsal and anal fins broadly expanded and sail-like, flexible, completely depressible, when depressed lie in a sheath formed by elongate scales inserted along base of fin, that sheath extending forward onto snout; one front ray of dorsal and anal fins thickened; dorsal fin 48-54; anal fin 42-47; pectoral fin 18-19; tail base without transverse groove; tail fin forked, stiff; scales with small spines; scales at center of end of tail base distinctly larger than those on center of tail fin base.
Body bronzy grey; fins blackish
Reaches 35 cm.
Pelagic, oceanic.
Depth range: 0-400 m.
Both sides of the tropical Atlantic; Bermuda to Brazil.

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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Water column only
- Mid Water
- Near Surface
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Pelagic crustacea
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- Transatlantic (East+West Atlantic)
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- All species.
- Regional Endemism
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- GC non-endemic
- Also in Brazil
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 35
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 400