Species: Anisotremus surinamensis, Black margate
lower body wide black bar
fins black
Anisotremus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791)
Black margate
Body deep, compressed, back high; head short, blunt; rear margin of bone under eye concealed by scales; mouth small, low, ~ horizontal, lips fleshy; inside mouth not red; teeth in bands on jaws, outer ones larger, conical, none on center roof of mouth; a pair of conspicuous pores plus a central groove under the chin; 16-18 lower gill rakers; preopercle finely serrated; dorsal continuous but deeply notched, 4th spine longest, XII-XIII, 16-18; anal with III strong spines, 2nd very large, 8-10 soft rays; tail forked; scales moderate to large, rough, over entire body and head except front of snout, lips and chin, none on membranes between dorsal and anal soft rays; lateral-line scales 50-53; 5-7 scale rows between lateral line and base of first dorsal spine.
Body pale grey; front half of body with a broad dark bar from above lateral line to bottom of belly; scales on back with a dark central spot; fins blackish; juvenile with a black mid-lateral stripe, a black stripe along upper back, dusky fins, a dark spot on upper body scales, an indistinct broad dark bar under spinous dorsal to belly, and large black spot on base of tail fin.
Size: to 76 cm.
Habitat: coral reefs and other hard bottoms.
Depth: 0-109 m.
Florida to 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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- Rocks
- Reef and soft bottom
- Corals
- Estuary
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins
- Bony fishes
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Also in Brazil
- Extends South of GC
- All species
- GC non-endemic
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 76
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 109
